Iron Girl 5k

Saturday, 9.09

What a great experience!

I asked Elissa and Grandma if they would like to run a 5k (3.1 miles) with me. They were both excited to do it. :-)

The morning came and we had to be at Grandma's at 5:45am…….I was second guessing my decision to do this race.

Darin, Zachary and Grandpa also came along to cheer us on.

But then we got there and we were part of the energy building and seeing  ALOT of Mother/Daughter racers. It was so cool! I haven't been a part of a race that was so mother and young daughter focused. Then for us to be 3 generations racing, that was even more fun.

It was time for the race to start!

Can you find us?? :-)

We were off! I was keeping us on a 3 minute run/1 minute walk pace. I was there to help Elissa & Grandma to finish their first 5k strong. After about the 1 mile mark Elissa started struggling. Grandma said that she would stay behind with her, but I told Grandma that I'll help Elissa through and you go ahead and do what you can do. So Grandma took off running. :-) I talked Elissa through it and kept us on the 3/1 pace. I let her know that this is what perseverance is and it feels so good when you keep on going and cross that finish line. She did SO good. She kept on going. She didn't give up. I'm so proud of her.

And SO proud of Grandma!

    

It was an awesome experience that we plan to do each year (and really cute shirts & medals!!)!