Recapping Hot August Nights 2008
Only Aaron and I ended up running at Trophy Night. Meg's pregnancy has made her feel sick almost every day of late, and Edward had no real interest in running. Aaron ran a good race; I clocked him at 2:39 for the 500 meters, which was almost 20 seconds faster than he ran last year. I thought he had finished in sixth place--one shy of winning a trophy. He was quite disappointed upon learning his predicament--and the awards ceremony confirmed Aaron's fate; however, after my race Meg learned that Aaron truly had placed fifth in his age group, so he was all smiles again after receiving his medal for the night.
I started my race slow and relaxed, although I still passed many people who scampered out of the starting line like a rabbit being hotly pursued. At times during the race, I thought to myself: "Why am I still doing this? I can't run very fast anymore, and it doesn't feel very good." But I ran hard through the finish line in 19:40 for the 5000 meters race (I ran 19:35 the week before, so that was kind of disappointing). My goal was to break 20 minutes, so I felt satisfied, even though I was far from winning a trophy (8th place in my age group) and one girl beat me.
I love that video!! I especially love the "awards" ceremony and Aaron being all smiles and Word running around the podium the whole time. I love your children!! They are pure entertainment (at least for me). I can't believe how old Word is getting these days!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully the girl that beat you was younger then you...otherwise that would just look really bad! I love your blog, I need to visit it more often.
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