Wonky Weekend, 8/13 & 8/14

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<p>Morning <strong>Ailiarie</strong> and all who follow.  I am up to RACE this morning!  Yay!  This is my first race all training season/summer (aside from Tough Mudder, but that was a different animal altogether).  All of the other runs I have run with one of the boys rather than seeing what I've got.  Should be interesting.  I am doing the 10K and the boys are doing the 5K.  This will be Jake's first 5K running solo, but he said he is okay with it.  I put the boys to bed a little early last night (8:30) and James was super mad and said he didn't want to run.  Fine.  But then he set his alarm for 6:00 anyway and went right to bed.  </p>
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<p>Wish us luck!  It is going to be 70 and muggy, which isn't ideal, but it could be a whole lot worse!</p>

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<p>The race was fun.  Slow per normal, but good enough to take 1st place woman for the 10K.  Okay - full disclosure, this is a tiny race.  But it is always awesome to clinch a win.  My time was 47:33ish.  Yup, a good 3.5 minutes off my PR, but I went out fast and faded during the 3rd mile.  The good news was that a guy was right behind me for the last .75 and I WAS NOT going to let him pass me.  Ran the last .3 at a 6:40 average pace.    Nope, he didn't beat me.  But he did come up to me after the finish and thank me for making him work.  Haha - I told him it was mutual and I was cranking it b/c I could hear him behind me.  </p>
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<p>The boys had decent races too.  It was Jake's first solo 5K and he was 29:1x.  He said he wanted 28, but I think he did great.  James was 27:01.  A little slow for him, but he said he stopped several times and just wasn't feeling great.  I think he went out way too fast.  I dropped back from him at the quarter mile and he was doing a 6:30 pace.</p>