>>>>My celebrity sister--- Champion of the Women's 5K!The results are in: I didn't beat my goal of finishing under 30 minutes. I officially got my worst 5k time EVER today --- 30:18. My high school coaches would be painfully disappointed. I beat that time in the 4th grade when my legs were like half the length they are now! But, in reality my goal was to beat a 10 minute mile pace and I did (that would be my ideal marathon pace)-- 9:45 to be exact. It was a rather lonely race. I wasn't by anyone pretty much the entire race. Except for a girl in blue pants that I promised to beat at the starting line. I did, indeed, I beat her.
I felt good the entire race and the weather was perfect. Feeling good is an obvious indicator that I wasn't pushing it. Shame, shame on me. I am the first to admit I don't like pain. With good reason of course. I wanted to want to do this sort of thing again, so I did everything in my power to ensure that I wasn't feeling miserable during the race and asking myself each step "why do I do this to myself?!" After all these years I don't think I feel more at home than I do in a pair of running shoes along a trail or path. It felt great to be back "home." During the race I found myself saying, "Why didn't I do this sooner? This is kind of nice!"
I took 30th place overall and 8th in my age group. And even better, Melody took first! Was I surprised? No way. Sadly Mel walked away with a pretty lame prize-- a visor. Well, she also won free entry into a race series in Utah which is probably worth a pretty penny, so that's cool-- but come on! What's with the outrageous entry fees and the stupid prizes? Remember the golden years at BYU when the entry fees were like 5 bucks and if you won you got a free Turkey and a gift certificate? Okay, I never won that, but that's what I would have won had I won a race there. Again, I live through my sister's experiences.
In any case, I am going to make it a tradition every Memorial Day to run in a race in memory of my Grandpa Rex. We love you G-pa!
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Wow! Congratulations!!! That is awesome Michelle! I don't think I could even run to my mailbox and be happy about it! You are my inspiration! We missed you at all the festivities yesterday! You could have been on a 22 mile bike ride with us. (I think you run faster than I ride!) I did it though which is a huge success for me! We can celebrate with pedicures when you return! After you help me get organized in my house... yeah for this Saturday!!! If you need me we are at the Halls until then. When do you return? I hope soon!!! By the way, you get to wear the white skirt this week, I took advantage of your absence and wore it last week! ;) See you soon?!
nice job yourself on your huge 24 mile bike ride. you are amazing!!! Loved the matching jerseys. That was awesome.
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