Sunday, May 12, 2013

Never Been Prouder

This week I decided last minute to sign up for a local run called "Loop the Lagoon" here in Vacaville.  They had a 5k and a 10k option and since I'm planning on training for a 1/2 marathon I thought I better practice with a 10k.  The farthest I had ever ran at that point was 5.7 miles in 1:01 hours (back on April 21st with my running group from FB).  I also decided that it I really needed to improve my 5k time since I had 2 coming up and wanted to hopefully medal in one of them.  I read that hills and long runs could do just that.  Well, for my first 10k I personally think I killed it.  I thought the course was going to be flat but at the 2.5 and 5.5 mile range there were some nice not too steep hills that I had to do, so not only was this my long run but I got some hills in there too.  At this point I still don't know my "official" time but according to my RunKeeper app I ran 6.33 miles in 1:02 hours, with an average pace of  9.5 minute mile.  Not bad for my first 10k and my longest distance I have ever ran to date.

First Lap (5k) Done, one more to go


BUT HERE IS WHERE I WAS UBER PROUD TODAY......

So my 3 year old son, Lucas, has been wanting to run with me.  He tries to run when I go out in the morning to run, but he can't keep pace with me nor can he run for as long.  So I've been letting him start and finish my runs with me and I push him in the jogging stroller the rest of it.  Well today was his first run.  When we got to Lagoon Valley Park, he was so excited.  In fact the night before his run he told me, "mom I can't sleep I'm too excited".  So at the lagoon he got to watch me run and I believe he was excited to see me run and possibly even proud of me.  Then, about 30 minutes after I was done, they did the kids run.  Lucas got to run a 1/2 mile.  I ran along side him chanting the entire time "great job", "you can do it", "I'm so proud of you", and I'm sure other positive things too.  The kid had a blast.  At one point I pointed out that there was another little guy running next to us and he was going fast, that made Lucas run even faster.  I think he's gonna be competitive, as he finished he looked at me and said, "that boy didn't win".  Lucas defiantly earned his medal today, and I couldn't have been prouder.

Right before bed tonight Lucas said to me, "Mommy I had fun today".  In which I replied, "What was your favorite part"?

"My run"!!


That little guy is my new running partner


Youngest runner there
Determined to WIN

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