This past weekend something big that I have been dreaming
about for over 3 months finally happened….
I remember talking to my friends about how to start
something to get kids running. Do I start my very own thing? Go through the
studio I work for now? How do I do it?
Well I decided to go through Trumi, which was a fabulous
decision. The kids are already asking for another race which I LOVE.
What just makes my heart so happy is looking back to 8 weeks
ago (it was an 8 week training program). I kid you not these kids were
struggling to run for 10 minutes. I definitely was thinking to myself, “oh shit
what did I get myself in to?”
But as the weeks went on and we built up mileage/time it
seemed to get easier. They were smiling while running. They did not want to do sprints;
they just wanted to ‘long run’.
We never trained over 2.4 miles so I was a little nervous to
see what 3.1 would be like. But DANNNNGGG they were on fire. There were a few
different pace groups, the first group of us finished in 32:13 --- like
seriously I am amazed. That is around a 10:30 pace… AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. These
kids ranged from 5 to 10 year old.
Their smiles were priceless. I am so so so proud of them!
Catherine was able to do the race and help out -- along with a few other helpers -- THANK YOU!
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