 Bailey (tammy's girly) Merri, Broc (tammy's boy), Chad (tammy's husb) & Karen.
 Brandon, Chad, Tammy, Merri, Karen G. & Karen M. & Bailey & Broc
 Merri's report: This was a race I had high hopes for and had set some high goals. I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to finally win a 5k overall. I thought I was prepared, but alas I was wrong. I had run the course a time or two previous so I was somewhat familiar with it. At the starting line I overheard some folks talking to tall blond girl w/ a pink shirt on. She was currently running for SUU and had her wisdom teeth pulled out a few days prior. I knew she was going to be one to keep up with. We started and I tried to stay with her...probably a little too fast of a start for me. She just kept going faster and faster and then I was starting to realize I was a little too winded. 1st mile is down hill and the 2nd mile is uphill and the 3rd mile is an even amount of uphill and downhill. 1st I was passed my Kristen (teaches at golds...you name it she teaches it). So I am now in 3rd. Kept trying to push the pace and about .5 or so of a mile left I got passed by Alli (on the blog, but she doesn't blog anymore). Now I'm in 4th. UGH!! This was supposed to be MY race. :) Finally getting close to the finish line and I hear breathing and see it's a girl closing in on me. Couldn't be passed again so I kicked with all I had and finished 4th overall. 5th place was a girl I would later meet named Ashley. She works at Maceys and her dad is one of the big/main runners on the SF running club. At least he was always at every run I joined them on. Overall i was extremely impressed with my time considering what I think is a hard course and that it was a rainy day. I wasn't impressed with getting passed twice. I hate that. But Wes & the kids were there cheering at the finish line so the day wasn't all bad. :) I told myself after that race that 5ks weren't for me and I wasn't going to run another one for a long long long time. I think after this race was when I really decided to run a marathon.
Tammy's report: After
waking up to a rainy and cold morning, no one was really in the mood to
run. But we all came together and went to the Jr. High for the Memorial
Day 5k. This was a tough course and after sizing up the competition we
felt fairly confident in almost everyone being able to get a medal or
place pretty high. Even though everyone didn't get their desired goal
time we all did well. Merri came in first for our group at 20:39 (4th
girl overall, 2nd in our age group), then Chad at 21:55 (2nd in his age
group by passing his guy at the end!). I came in third at 22:26
(officially 22:11, 4th in my age group, probably 7th girl overall).
Then came Brandon Carter about 22:40? getting 3rd in his age group.
Next was Karen Grant at 29:00 (7th in our age group) and Karyn McDonald
at 29:52 (2nd in her age group). It was a great race even though it was
drizzling the entire time and the course was very hilly with a big
uphill at the end.
After the 5k was over they had a one mile fun
run that Broc, Bailey and Kamrie decided to run in. Broc finished his
mile in 10:19. Now remember this is the first time EVER that Broc has
run one continuous non-stop mile and he is only FOUR years old! Bailey
and Kamrie ran about 1/4 mile and then were carried the rest of the way
by their mothers. We didn't realize we had asked for a second workout!
We are so proud of Broc for pushing so hard! He did GREAT and got a
sweet finishers medal!
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