The whole family went to this 5K today at the zoo. I started out with Noah and Andy after having done a 0.25 warm up. It was pretty crowded at the start as we didn't try and push up too close to the beginning. The first mile runs outside of the zoo. We crossed the first mile marker at 10:10. Noah, Andy, and I were still together. Unfortunately, just inside the zoo Noah slipped and fell down. He was ok but his hands and knees were scraped up a bit (but no blood) and he was kind of upset. He started running again but it took him a bit of time to compose himself. I told Andy to keep going at his own pace and I stuck with Noah. The mile inside the zoo is pretty fun although it's not very easy since you are running up and down board walks, through the manatee exhibit under ground and around a lot of tight corners.
The third mile went a lot better although Noah periodically complained about something or other. He didn't think he was doing that well because he was not with Andy but we were steadily passing a lot of people. Finally we rounded the corner for the home stretch run to the finish line. Noah really picked up the pace, running most of it near a 7:00 pace! splits were: 10:10, 11:20, 9:54, 0:50
This was a huger PR for Noah and was just his second 5K. Andy did not get a PR overall but this was his best time with no pacer, about a minute faster than his first run with no pacer. They both got awards for 1st and 2nd place in the 9 and under group. The race fee included free zoo admission so we spent a few hours walking around and enjoying the animals. Jenny has a great race report with pictures, she PR'd on this not very easy course.
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