7:30AM
A sunny Tucson morning with 10 miles of road ahead of 2 of our Raptors and a leisurely 5K for Katrina and Jas (hubby of MacKnitty).
Most of the morning was spent pinning and registering our runners. Amanda was nervous and very excited.
I, MacKnitty, was mainly strutting around like a proud mama duck. I am so proud of my Raptors!
Many of them have never run before and look at us.Dolce and MacKnitty chilled and set up some breakfast for the Raptors in a nearby shady area. We chatted about Vegas, movies and hypothesized about Earl running too fast in the beginning.
After 15 minutes, the first 5K runners emmerged. Slowly our Raptors came home.
Katrina with her new friend- "Triple S".
Official 5K result-
325th place
5K time: 46:30:00
Division: F35-39
Division place: 23
Female placing: 192
Pace per mile: 14:58.0
Check out that time! You beat your best mile! That's so cool.
Jas and Leah in a slow trot to the finish.5K results
place: 368
total time: 50:55:00
Division: M20-24 (Does he know he's really 29?)
Division place: 11
Male place: 147
Pace per mile: 16:23.3
Hopfully Leah placed. Does having a snazzy stroller count?
10 mile results AMANDA
place: 330
total time:1:40:19
Division:F20-24
Division place:8
Female placing:120
Pace per mile:10:01.9
Go Amanda and Tyler! They jog to the finish. Amanda says, "I'm never doing that again." But I think she says that after all her long runs, she'll be back.
10 mile race results for Earl
place: 459
Total Time:2:32:10
Division: M35-39
Division place:35
Male place: 241
Pace per mile:15:13.0
Slowly, more and more people finish the 10 miler. We kept looking and looking and looking for Earl. Katrina thinks about asking some of the finishers if they've seen a big guy on the course still. Finally, our Earl walks into view. Go Earl Go! Run Forrest Run!
Moral of the story: Never go out faster than you think you can run and never underestimate the 80 year old lady in Nikes.
Good job Raptors!
