New 10K PR

Oh my gosh this Run with the Wind race was one for the books that is for sure! I'll start from the beginning...... a group of us decided to run this race, for some it was their very first 5k, for some it was going to be a new challenge, and for some of us it was for fun to support the group of mommas on their first race and new challenges. 18 of us mommas all together. For me and my friend, like I said in the last post were running the 10K for fun together we had planned on crossing the finish line with linked arms. Boy did that plan change! Since this was my first official 10k I would be setting a new PR (personal record) even though I set one on my Nike app during my half marathon but ya know.....

me and my running partner in full Beast Mode

 

our group of Mom's on a Healthy Mission

 

So when we arrived at the school where the race started/finished we were told that the city did not approve them to lay the chalk on the newly paved roads and that if we wanted to run the 10k we would have to run the 5K course twice. I knew from that point that this was going to be a HUGE mental race for me. Not only was I going to have to cross the finish line and keep running the whole thing again but there is about a mile long incline in the 5k course that I would now have to run 2 times!!!!

 

So my partner in crime and I set off on Go.......... we ran perfectly in sync the first 5k course. We actually came in first in our age group for the 5K and I told her we should stop but she said no way and kept running past that finish line to do the whole course again! That's my girl!!!! As SOON as we turned the corner onto that incline mile AGAIN my mind started to fight big time with me. I seriously wanted to stop sooooooo bad and just walk! I had a huge argument inside my head with myself to keep going. Thankfully my bad A running partner was just running along side of me strong as ever! She was the only thing that kept me going, but I left my "body" back at mile 4......

 

As I'm already dying seeing the finish line coming up in sight this runner pops out of nowhere and says I'm racing you two! and in fact she was she was! She was in our age group and we were all racing for first place. So my partner and I start hauling A big time and this is where I really start to think I'm going to die! I don't that "runners high" at the finish line like most do! I get the "thank God there is the finish line I can almost stop" low! We sprint ahead and I thought we had it and then the girl catches back up to us! So I told my partner to just go I knew she could do it! and at the last second I gave up and just couldn't sprint anymore!!!

 

This was a whole new experience for me. I have always raced these races to beat myself. To beat my own time, never to actually race another runner. But let me just say it was actually really fun!!!! We all came in within seconds of each other.

1st place was my running partner at 53:41

2nd place our contender at 53:44

3rd place yours truly at 53:48

 

I congratulated our contender she did awesome and we all pushed each other at the end.  Check out our mileage times.....

you can see the killer inclines at mile 2 and 4/5 and then our race for the finish at the end ha!

 

1st and 3rd 10K female winners :)

 

 

This was a small town run and our group of mommas ended up taking home 8 winning medals. It was so much fun and now I have a 10K PR to beat at my next race.

My mom is next to me she is a grandma and won 2nd in her age group and on the far right and is my running partner's mom who is also a grandma and won 3rd in her age group. Some proud granny's up in this race :)

 

 

 

The rest of the weekend was spent with my family and loved ones, which is just the way I LOVE to spend my weekends. On our 3+ hour drive home we stopped for a little nature hike in the desert and some fresh air. It seems to be a weekly Sunday tradition lately. We have been hiking every Sunday for several weeks now and you know I'm loving it!

 

 

 

 

 

Good night for those readers right now and Happy Monday for those readers tomorrow!

 

Happy Running.......

 

XOXOXO

Elisha