Oh my!!!!! I almost cracked the 20 min time. I think I said just 2 days ago that I felt it was close. I missed it by 3 seconds! It's going to haunt me, but I am happy because this means my fitness is improving!
OK the Nestle 5k is HUGE! I walked up to Springville High School and looked like a deer caught in the headlights. There was easily 800 people there -to race... ummmmm dang! The starting line was even more intimidating. Immediately spotting 2 SUU track and field college athlete gals as well as several other Southern Utah county 'elites'. Remember the other day when I blogged about changing my mind set? Well this was my test. I had to reach into my mind and believe that it didn't matter who was there. I am capable of doing what I put my mind too. There was a lot of kids at the front of the start line which I think is a bad idea. It causes major havoc. Weaving at the start is not one of my favorite things. Mile 1 split: 6:33 McKenzie sneaks up behind me! I love her! This gave me a total BOOST! I clamped onto her pace and tried to keep with her. Seems like last summer we ran pretty much the same pace in all our races. FUN! Mile 2 Split: 6:44 GIANT HILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to die. McKenzie is PASSING PEOPLE on the hill. HA HA HA! Not Lily Wheatfill. NO WAY! I am not the best hill runner. I knew that I would recover after the hill and I did. That is the steepest hill I've ever run in a 5k..... ever. Mile 3 split: 6:10 Fastest split and in the last mile. This is called me repeating over and over in my head "faster turnovers, faster turnovers". Yes, I talk to myself at times when I run, and it works. .10 split: 35 seconds. I saw the clock closing in at 19:54 and I surged as hard as I could. So hard. To a 4 second miss to get under 20. I almost did it..... so close. Today I shaved 43 seconds off my 5k time in 7 days on a harder course. I finished only 70 seconds behind 2 collegiate athlete women, and I am just a 31 yr old Mom of 4. I don't feel to shabby about the things I can accomplish. -even if I missed my goal by 3 seconds. I think it's okay to feel proud at times.
I LOVE RUNNING! 
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