Herriman Days 5K

I finally had a new race on the schedule!  Since my last race was the Princess Half back in February, I was itching for a new one!  I had originally signed up for a race down in Provo.  It was a 5K for the refugee effort.  Jackson was going to run the 5K with me and we were going to join my sister, brother, and nieces.  However, I later learned that our Herriman Days fell on the same day.  I love supporting the local town races, so I chalked up the Refugee race fee as a donation to the cause, and I signed for the Fort Herriman Days 5K.  I also signed up all three kids for the mile race.

I love when races are so close that I can leave my house 10 minutes before it starts!  
The course was downhill for the first mile and I flew down (well for me 8:26 pace is flying haha).  Then the uphill started, and I was trying to maintain a 10:00 pace (which was my goal for the race).  Because I have been doing walk/run intervals and I've been trying to not let my heart rate get too high, my training pace has been around 11:00 minutes/mile.  So I had to push myself to reach my goal.  Anyway, it felt really good to just run hard!  (again it's all relative.  This would be an easy warm up for some, but for me it was hard ;)

 Because it was such a small race, I ended up getting first in my age group and 4th overall haha I won a $12 gift certificate to the local running store- score!

I loved how my first InknBurn tank worked for the race too!
The kids did great on their mile!  They each won a ribbon for getting 2nd place in their respective age categories.  They were proud of their ribbons :)
I'm getting a little worried that races have reached peak popularity and will soon be dropping off slightly.  I hope they don't drop off too much, because for me races help me stay motivated to run!  It's definitely not about being competitive with anyone else, but it's all about pushing myself a little more and doing MY best.  The atmosphere of a race is so fun and so supportive.  It always reminds me why I started running in the first place :) 


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