I ran my first race of the year this weekend! It was the Diva Dash of 2012. It was held over near Town Center Plaza in Johnson County, and as it sounds it was an all girls race. My friend Casey recently did the Couch Potato to 5K plan and was anxious to get a 5k completed. I agreed to do the race with her, and a few more of her friends, and we did awesome!
Lauren was up and ready to cheer me on before I even left the house! The girls were very excited to come to my race and see me. I love that Lauren is very excited about running and after this weekend asked me when she can start running.
Mark and the girls are always easy to spot since Mark is so tall. I usually see them before they see me! I love having them there to cheer me on.
Like I said, Lauren is ready to be a runner too!
My time at this race was great and I finished in the top 13% of all runners. My official time was 30 minutes and 1 second. That made for a 9:39 minute mile. That is a great pace for me. I think some people are natural runners, born to run and it comes very easy for them. For me it is hard, always a challenge, and never easy. I don't run fast, but I run and that is all that matters. It has gotten me into great shape over the last 1 1/2 years.
After the race the girls and I headed back to Lee's Summit to run a few errands before heading home. Mark went to meet up with his buddy Shannon to do an 11 mile run...yes an 11 mile run. Mark's half marathon is in 3 weeks! He is so ready and I know will do great and beat his previous time last summer with his first half marathon.
The girls were awesome. We ran some errands and had lunch at Target again...I was the best Mommy ever again this weekend! Thank you Mark, Lauren and Addison for coming out and cheering me and my girl friends at the Diva Dash. It was a great race.
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