ugh!! so not as ready as I thought today :)
Ok, first off lets make this sound really, really good. My wife, oldest son and I ran a local 5k race this morning. My son (who's 14 and doesn't seem to understand pain) ran a 22:14 5k, placed 2nd in his age group (by less than 2 seconds) and was 18th overall. My wife placed 2nd in her age group and once again kicked my butt (more on that later). I had a respectable 3rd in my age group but not that respectable of a time. (by the way, in the interest of full disclosure, I was 3rd out of 4 in my age group with a pathetic 28 minute 5k, I gotta find more small races to do, lol I did walk the last .1 or so with my brother in-law and I got to finish with him and his wife all at the same time. That was a high point.) It was a family affair with my wife's parents there doing the walk as well.
All week I had trash talked my wife about how this was finally going to be the week I beat her in a 5k. Up until the one mile mark I was shoulder to shoulder with her. At the half way point I was just behind her and watching her slowly pull away. Darn it!! No excuses though. She is my running idol. She loves it so much and I.... well lets just say I do it because you can't finish a triathlon without it. haha In a few weeks I have my first race of the season and I'd bet anyone I'm within 2 minutes of my time for todays 5k for the 5k run at the tri. Oh well, at least us turtles can swim fast...
Now that the race season is upon us here in the northern hemisphere. I'd like to wish everyone starting their season the best of luck and health. I'm excited to get this year going. I get to kick it off with my first ever Xterra event and then it's game on!
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