This was a fun run that I ran with Matt as he pushed the double jogging stroller with our 2 younger kids riding along. My goal was to do better than I did in Florida. Matt had the GPS on and it was his job to pace me and push me. I felt pretty good the entire race. My leg muscles started getting tired at about 2.5 miles but I still poured it on at the end and finished strong. The whole way I kept asking Matt, "how's my pace" and he would say "doing good." There were a lot of people and so at the beginning of the race we waited and didn't start running for a minute after the gun went off, Matt just started his GPS as soon as we crossed the starting line. We were still stuck in a lot of people and had to weave in and out a lot. Since we started late and kept a pretty steady pace, we passed quite a few people the whole way and were't passed by hardly anyone. Everytime we passed someone I would say to Matt "I am the Greatest!" to keep me pumped. It was fun. We finished above my goal time and I asked Matt how come he hadn't told me to speed up. He said that he was running as fast as he could today. I feel bad for Matt but happy for me to be at his level for once (well, not exactly his level but I can pretend), I just have to enjoy it while I can because it won't last. I hope he gets feeling better soon. I should've pushed the stroller. |