Waverly's Jingle Bell Run Race Report
As I had to do some time studies on the job earlier this afternoon, I had to remember to write down Waverly's time splits from Sunday (as she wore my watch!)
Sunday's Jingle Bell Run downtown was a distance PR for her - 5 miles - and she covered the distance in 1:02:44.3 - a 12:33/mile pace. (Saturday's 5K was an even 12:00/mile pace. My very first race ever for 4 miles found me doing just a 12:52 clip.) Her mile splits were as follows:
Mile 1-2 -- 23:44.93 (11:52.47 per as she didn't see the first mile marker)
Mile 3 -- 12:59.63
Mile 4 -- 13:25.09
Mile 5 -- 12:32.89
Does this pattern remind you of anyone? ;) She goes out fast like me and has a kick like Cassie's!
Actually in all fairness, the first two miles, where we all passed Sarah to our left, were basically flat (although there was one underpass that I saw her run up without stopping) and miles 3 and 4 included the underpasses on Allen Parkway.
There is a picture on Karen Thibodeaux's main page today that shows her sprinting at the end -- with air time!
"Waverly ran a great race," Cassie commented on a later post. "After I crossed the line, I headed back out on the course to run in with her. We were moving along at a good clip, then she rounded the corner to the finish and took off on me! I had to sprint to keep up! She was bobbing and weaving through the crowd, hopping curbs and everything. Strong finish for her."
Yes, she might be (yes, yes, she is!) a runner before it's all said and done. She told me later, "I had to slow down right before the finish line to make sure I hit my watch!"
Gotta love it! 33 days away from the big day!
Sunday's Jingle Bell Run downtown was a distance PR for her - 5 miles - and she covered the distance in 1:02:44.3 - a 12:33/mile pace. (Saturday's 5K was an even 12:00/mile pace. My very first race ever for 4 miles found me doing just a 12:52 clip.) Her mile splits were as follows:
Mile 1-2 -- 23:44.93 (11:52.47 per as she didn't see the first mile marker)
Mile 3 -- 12:59.63
Mile 4 -- 13:25.09
Mile 5 -- 12:32.89
Does this pattern remind you of anyone? ;) She goes out fast like me and has a kick like Cassie's!
Actually in all fairness, the first two miles, where we all passed Sarah to our left, were basically flat (although there was one underpass that I saw her run up without stopping) and miles 3 and 4 included the underpasses on Allen Parkway.
There is a picture on Karen Thibodeaux's main page today that shows her sprinting at the end -- with air time!
"Waverly ran a great race," Cassie commented on a later post. "After I crossed the line, I headed back out on the course to run in with her. We were moving along at a good clip, then she rounded the corner to the finish and took off on me! I had to sprint to keep up! She was bobbing and weaving through the crowd, hopping curbs and everything. Strong finish for her."
Yes, she might be (yes, yes, she is!) a runner before it's all said and done. She told me later, "I had to slow down right before the finish line to make sure I hit my watch!"
Gotta love it! 33 days away from the big day!
posted by WalkSports.com | 1:31 PM
7 Comments:
Waverly is awesome. When is she gonna blog? Can't you at least get some quotes from her? Geezz....I'm such a journalism nerd.
are the results posted online somewhere? i'd like to get my official time, but can't find it
Like i said sunday-she is going to be passing us ALL next year!
-jessica
Pretty soon Waverly will be running races side-by-side with me! GREAT run for her on Sunday.
It's them new Asics she's wearing. She is flying in them new shoes!!!
Wow!! Waverly had a *great* race! What an athlete...and also to volunteer at the 30K water stop! :)
I would have liked to done Jingle Bell last Sunday but had other plans for the afternoon. We have many sets of antlers from years past though - looks like you had a lot of fun!
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