I have been wanting to do some 5k's this summer and finally one fit into our schedule. I asked Anna if she wanted to join me and she enthusiastically said yes. She has not run a full 5k since the fall when the whole family did the Harding 5k. The heat was going to be awful, but with encouragement I knew she could finish. I was not worried about my time at all as I took this as a time to encourage Anna and hopefully help her enjoy running. She is a great runner and Gary says she has great form. She can be fast on the soccer field, but I want her to enjoy and endure the 5k race. We arrived early for packet pickup. Of course as soon as we got back to the car to pin on our race numbers, it started to pour down rain. It rained and it rained and it rained. Every time I thought it was going to stop, it just picked up more. Finally about 6:45, we all decided to go to the race start no matter the weather. The race was going to go on no matter what. Luckily for us we just endured a few sprinkles, but unlucky for us it felt like we were in a sauna.
The race started at 7pm and our goal was under 40 minutes. Anna had done 36 minutes at the Harding 5k but with the heat, we increased our expectations right before we started. The first mile went well. Anna ran for almost 8 minutes before starting to run/walk. She stopped for water at mile 1. Between mile 1 and 2, it was a little tough to keep the encouragement there. Anna was getting very overheated and sweating a lot. There were lots of families along the race path that had their sprinklers on and she enjoyed that. Finally made it to mile 2 and she was getting excited that we were closer to the finish than the start!! I kept her going through mile 3 and she took off once we got close to the finish line. She was all smiles at the end and so glad it was done. Not sure heat is her thing (not sure it is mine either), but so glad she finished. She got 4th in her age group and missed 3rd by around 40 seconds!! That made her want to do another one to see if she could improve her time and maybe place in her age group.
Joined with the Baker family afterwards to cool off, enjoy some food and drinks and wait for Laura Beth to claim her 2nd place award. It was definitely hot...after a long wait, we all loaded up and everyone enjoyed some Yogurt Mountain as a treat on this hot, summer night.
Looking forward to the next 5k!!
the sweaty mom/daughter duo
anna was all smiles at the finish
rachel, the fast runner and me at the finish
the 6-9 female age groupers discuss the race
enjoyed having my cheerleaders at the finish
The race started at 7pm and our goal was under 40 minutes. Anna had done 36 minutes at the Harding 5k but with the heat, we increased our expectations right before we started. The first mile went well. Anna ran for almost 8 minutes before starting to run/walk. She stopped for water at mile 1. Between mile 1 and 2, it was a little tough to keep the encouragement there. Anna was getting very overheated and sweating a lot. There were lots of families along the race path that had their sprinklers on and she enjoyed that. Finally made it to mile 2 and she was getting excited that we were closer to the finish than the start!! I kept her going through mile 3 and she took off once we got close to the finish line. She was all smiles at the end and so glad it was done. Not sure heat is her thing (not sure it is mine either), but so glad she finished. She got 4th in her age group and missed 3rd by around 40 seconds!! That made her want to do another one to see if she could improve her time and maybe place in her age group.
Joined with the Baker family afterwards to cool off, enjoy some food and drinks and wait for Laura Beth to claim her 2nd place award. It was definitely hot...after a long wait, we all loaded up and everyone enjoyed some Yogurt Mountain as a treat on this hot, summer night.
Looking forward to the next 5k!!
the sweaty mom/daughter duo anna was all smiles at the finish
rachel, the fast runner and me at the finish the 6-9 female age groupers discuss the race
enjoyed having my cheerleaders at the finish 
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