This past weekend was the Maymont X-Country Meet here in Richmond at our favorite park, Maymont. Cole ran the one miler Friday night, and I ran the half marathon (my 1st!) Sat. morning. We had no idea where to park (there's 3 entrances) so we made it in late and the boys had already started running 2 minutes prior. I was so frustrated (with myself)!! So I asked them if he could run with the girls and they kind of just shrugged their shoulders, "well, okay". I was shaking so hard from the adrenaline of trying to get him (and Dayne and June) there on time that I couldn't even pin his number on or tie the little pacer thingamabob on his shoelace. Thinking about it later, I realize I was shaking so hard because I was extremely nervous about MY run the next day.
He was totally cool about running with the girls. Some people commented on the gender confused boy speeding by (he's fast!), but he didn't seem to mind. He did awesome! Came in the top 3rd of the group for sure (and there were lots of older girls).
He was totally cool about running with the girls. Some people commented on the gender confused boy speeding by (he's fast!), but he didn't seem to mind. He did awesome! Came in the top 3rd of the group for sure (and there were lots of older girls).
Geof. was gone river rafting for the weekend so I had to get the kids up really early (for us) Sat. morning-around 5:45, and take them to different people in the ward to be watched. And then my friend Erin and I headed over to Maymont for the race. We were both shaking like crazy with nerves but ended up loving it and wanting more!! Erin's much faster than me and came in 9 minutes ahead, but we both did it in under 2 hours (I believe my time was around 1 hr. 56 minutes). It was soo fun! The only hard part was around mile 10, trying to go up these stairs that went across a bridge. You'd think we were all 90 trying to get up those things! That night my knees hurt so bad, I felt like I'd been praying for 20 hours straight on hard concrete! But by the next day I felt fine..just tired, and hungry.
-This post was rushed. Don't mind the spelling errors!
7 comments:
darla you are awesome! and cole is the man, girls at that age are faster than boys so he really rocks! how far did he run?
SO COOL! Owen would have FREAKED out about missing the boys race, he would have cried, I would have cried, it wouldn't have been pretty, be thankful Cole's so easy-going! It's funny because Owen has been obsessed with doing cross country (and soccer) this school year, we didn't know about it till after the fact so couldn't sign him up but we'll definitely be trying to find him a running club or something this next year. I think it's great you did that half marathon, all my friends who run, boys and girls and at least 4 total, are always trying to get their 1/2 marathon times under 2 hours and just missing it, so that's awesome that you did in under 2 your first time! This is a long boring comment and so I'll shut up now! K bye!
Way to go Darla!!! HOw awesome. you have way more energy than me. I love 5K and might do a 10k but I don't think I could ever do a half or a marathon!!!
Darla, that shows how strong you are to get up so early without geof and still do that racing. I would have used it as an excuse not to do it. Your kids are going to learn this from you too!
Darla you are so awesome i am so proud of you! I have been trying to run and keep in mind I have never ran in my life, but I just push myself a little further everyday. How long did it take you to train? Once again you are awesome and that is so good for cole!!!
Awesome job Darla!!!!
Great time on the 1/2.
nice!! nice! nice!! we should seriously plan to do one of these together sometime in our life twenty or thirty years from now....and way to go cole! cody HATES running.
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