Now that I have the boys every Friday Night / Saturday, racing on Saturdays has proven to be difficult, and, racing both days in a weekend is impossible. Unless...
One of the great benefits of living next to Trinity Park is easy access to races.
Griffin has always been willing to run races with me, and, now that I know that Gage will let me push him in the stroller, my options have opened up a bit. I was able to talk the boys into this Saturday 5k.
I knew that I could push Gage and still run fast(ish), and Griffin would have no trouble with this route or distance.
We arrived to a mild and comfortable day. It would be a great day for a run. This is a big event, and, as a result has lots of crowds to navigate, including LOTS of walkers. As a result, I moved closer to the front of the corral than I typically would with a stroller. My previous 5k PR w/ Gage in Stroller was 27:56 at Cowtown. I wanted to be faster than that.
When the horn sounded, we got out to a good start. Even with being towards the front of the corral, we were passing lots of people. We posted a 8:37 mile 1. At this point, we had passed Griffin. We continued to push as we turned onto the trial, and posted a 8:41 mile 2. We turned again at the circle drive and headed back. Mile 3: 8:38. We paces at 7:43 for the .1, and booked an overall 27 flat. 8:43 per mile pace. Faster than I would have expected with a 7 year old in a stroller.
Griffin posted a 33:23. Not bad, but, certainly not one of his faster days.
We hung out at the afterparty for a bit, and headed back to enjoy the reminder of our Saturday.
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