windy

train to be faster, coming off a knee injury so I did not have enough speed training

run and walk


It was cold outside so I put on the Under Armor and some other layers.
We headed over to the Church half hour before the race. We bumped into alot of neighboors and Eileen. Kids and I did a warm up and stretched.
We could feel the strong cold wind. We lined up in front and off we went.
There were about 5 people in front of me. I managed to pass a teenager and I could also see Eileeen in front of me by 30 seconds. 1st mile they shouted out 6:53. Wow it must be the wind on my back. Second mile they shouted out 14min. I thought I must be slowing down. I could see Eileen turning on the worng street but I also saw the other runners in front turn.
I turned and almost passed one other turn towards the finish line.
I knew the people in front of me were younger and a women so I could possible win an award. I ran back to find my kids and motivate them to finish strong. They said they were feeling fine and sticking to the plan of keeping a steady pace. I told them if they had anything left to kick in gear. They did and they started sprinting. there were other kids in front of them so I knew they would place in the age of 17 and under.
Yeah I won first place in my age group, Eileen won first place in her age group. It was okay and I would have placed the same since there was no runners behind us that would have caught up.