Turtles Can Run

A couple of weeks ago we decided to sign the whole family up to to do the Chuy’s Hot to Trot 5K.  My son and I did this race last year and it was a lot of fun.  My husband said he would run with my son and daughter and I could run the race at my own pace this year.  He is such a sweety.

I didn’t train for this 5K.  Ever since I ran the AHC half marathon, I have been taking it easy and just running what I feel like running.  Which means usually longer more turtley runs, not really good training for a 5k.  But I really just wanted to do a 5K  this spring, enjoy the atmosphere of the race and have fun with my family.

Pre race we saw Elvis, enjoyed the live music and laughed at the Chuy’s fish.  I did a brief warm up and then we lined up.  We lined up separately because I did not want my daughter  to try to keep up with me and then bonk and cry, forcing me to stop running.  I challenged myself but did not run full out for the first couple of miles and then  I tried to hammer a little more the last mile.  I ended up with a PR 22:21, this beats my previous PR by 61 seconds.  I think I could have done better if I would have rested a little more last week and done more speedwork over the last month but I was really happy with the race anyway because I met my goal which was to have a good time.

My daughter ended up running the last two miles of the race somewhere between myself and my husband and finished in 29:27.  I was impressed that she managed to do this on her own, since she usually runs slower when she is running alone.  My son improved his time from last year and seemed to have a great time with his dad.

After the race we enjoyed our krispy kreme doughnuts,  Zico coconut water and each others company.  It was a great morning.

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