"The other girls in your age category aren't taking it easy today."-quote from Andy and Brian any day that one of us girls says we are going to take it easy today.
This always cracks me up for some reason. I even used it this weekend on my aunt at Race for the Cure!
Race for the Cure
I rode my bike down from Veterans' Park to arrive just in time for the timed 5k. My aunt and I decided to stick together (with my uncle always just appearing behind us here and there.) So as she started to get tired during the last mile of the race, I pulled out that quote on her. I don't believe that she found it as motivating as I did. So I used a new tactic, I found people I thought we should beat, and pointed them out to her. Like this, see the man with the fanny pack, he can't beat us, or see the guy with the crazy a** headband, there is no way we are letting him beat us. But, all in all we had a solid finish of 28:30, not quite a PR for my aunt.
After the timed 5k was over we started looking for my Mee-Naw and her friend. They were both survivors who were coming out to do the 5k walk. They turned out to be fairly easy to spot because they were both wearing pink hats! We got all lined up, and we walked the 5k with them. My grandma's friend Jean was so cute, she even jogged a bit. We had a lot of fun, and the ladies seemed to be so suprised by how many people came out for this event. So it was a really neat experience to be there with them, especially to see their delight in getting the pink carnation at the end of the walk! And, just in case anyone is wondering they are 79 and 80 respectively.
That evening was the Ladies First 5k. I had hopes for this 5k, I thought I would get close to my PR of 25:30. But, no luck, I came in at 27:30. My aunt won her age group, and my uncle won 2nd in his age group! So that was at least exciting.
So next on my agenda is running the Tulsa Run with my family. My cousin and I have decided to aim for a 1:25. So we will see!
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