On Saturday Susan and I ran the Run for Dad 5k. It went really well! The day started out rainy, and the race was postponed about 15 minutes because the finish line was under water. The weather ended up great--overcast and not too hot, which is good because if the sun had come out it would have been really humid and bright.
We ran the entire way, with NO STOPS! I was amazed. It felt like the last .2 mile took forever! We didn't stick around for the pancake feed after the race, but it looked like everyone had fun. (I don't see how anyone could have eaten anything right after finishing that run!)
Our Team In Training (TNT) coach emailed us this morning and said he saw our names and results on the Internet. It turns out that I finished #5 in the female 20 to 24 category and 115 overall with a time of 31:52.9, which means my pace was 10:17 per mile. Susan finished #5 in the female 25 to 29 category and 113 overall with a time of 31:40.4 (a 10:13-per-mile pace). You can check out all the results at
http://www.clinesrunningcorner.com/runfordad_07.pdf.
Susan wasn't kidding about her competitive streak! When we rounded the corner of the last .1 mile before the finish line, she started sprinting and trying to take out this dad and his daughter (who, in our defense, had been sprinting/walking the entire time, so I guess she didn't feel like they deserved to beat us)! When she said "Let's pick it up," I thought she meant pick up the pace and finish strong, which I did, but my legs just weren't into the whole sprinting thing.
I have some pictures from the race that I will post soon. They are from the last .2 mile of the race, so I think you can actually see me thinking, "Where is the finish line???"
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