Did a 5k today. Not many entities, like 60 or so. Overall no really fast runners, so I won’t attempt to pretend I am fast, but that isn’t the point of this post.
So, it’s go time and I take off. I am leading the race and realize I went out too fast at about the 1/4 mile mark. Hell, I have been running IM pace for training and I haven’t ran “fast” in a long, long time. At the 1/2 mile mark I am still attempting to slow myself down and I get caught and passed and now I am in second. Damnit. I try to hold the pace, but know it’s gonna be a rough go for the entire run. At about a mile, I hear faintly in the background... “Dad”. At about 1.25 mile I get passed again and now I am running third. Again, I hear faintly behind me- “Dad”. Before the turn around he caught me. It’s my 10 year old son. Lol
I point to the guy in third and told him to go get him!
Time to pass the torch. I have fought hard, but youth has caught my aging body.
He held on and won his age group and took third for the overall.
Those 5 and 6 mile runs I have been taking him on is obviously paying off.
Oh, and the kid took home $10 in cash prize money. LOL
So, it’s go time and I take off. I am leading the race and realize I went out too fast at about the 1/4 mile mark. Hell, I have been running IM pace for training and I haven’t ran “fast” in a long, long time. At the 1/2 mile mark I am still attempting to slow myself down and I get caught and passed and now I am in second. Damnit. I try to hold the pace, but know it’s gonna be a rough go for the entire run. At about a mile, I hear faintly in the background... “Dad”. At about 1.25 mile I get passed again and now I am running third. Again, I hear faintly behind me- “Dad”. Before the turn around he caught me. It’s my 10 year old son. Lol
I point to the guy in third and told him to go get him!
Time to pass the torch. I have fought hard, but youth has caught my aging body.
He held on and won his age group and took third for the overall.
Those 5 and 6 mile runs I have been taking him on is obviously paying off.
Oh, and the kid took home $10 in cash prize money. LOL