Today was the final day of the Killarney Spring 5k Series in the National Park. I had run two out of the three previous races and finished first both times in the under 15 age group. I wanted to win again today - to make it a clean sweep:)
In the morning I felt nervous but excited because I knew if I won the race I would receive a prize. I also wanted to run a good PR. My previous best was from the first race when I ran 24:24. Even though I had been sick and had not trained for a while, I knew that I could go faster - so long as dad would let me. Dad let me...
Before the race we warmed up by jogging a half mile and then did some dynamic stretching and more jogging with some strides.
Just as we were about to start, we had to move off the course and let a jaunting cart go through - there were tourists from the US on it:)
We started at a good pace and went through the first mile in 7:47. I was leading in my age group and felt ok. The second mile had a hill in it and we did that mile in 7:53. I felt ok and decided to go faster. I worked hard to the finish and out sprinted dad. No excuses this week as his leg was better. I finished in 23:55 and took 29 seconds off my PR. I feel like I can run much faster.
We jogged back to the hall and had a buffet and drinks before the prize-giving.
They didn't give me the prize for the under 15 girls but they gave me a prize for being the youngest runner - what's that about:( But they did give me a special mention and said about my time.
I won a Euro 30 voucher for the Nike Outlet:)
I can't wait to race again but I think it will be sometime before dad lets me. I would like to thank everybody for all the nice comments.
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