Waverly runs 2nd best 5K at RTW 5K #149

While I didn't feel like pushing it hard this morning at Run The Woodlands 5K #149, I was able to help Waverly record her second fastest 5K ever (out of 16 career attempts).

She finished the course for the 9th time in her career in a time of 36:12. Her next Run The Woodlands 5K will allow her to be the youngest member of the 10-Race Club, which will eclipse the mark set today by 11-year-old Shelby Hayes of The Woodlands.

Waverly's splits were 10:54, 12:06.58, 12:10.96 and 1:01.10 for a time of 36:12.64. I tried to take her out hard -- for her -- only to give her an idea of where she stands as she'll do her school's physical fitness 1-mile run on Monday, March 20th. Her time this fall was 10:42.91.

Waverly may make the road trip to the Blue Bell Fun Run in two Saturdays before trying to make the RTW 10-Race Club in the month of April.

Bret Ramsey of Richmond won the event for the 8th time in a time of 17:55 while 12-year-old Bree Schrader of Austin may have become the youngest all-time winner with a time of 20:09. It allowed for she and her mother, Lea, to become the first mother-daughter combination ever to win the event.

Blogger Rick Cook of The Woodlands ran his 3rd fastest of 11 career Run The Woodlands. Cook broke the imaginary tape in 21:48 while Houston Running Blogger David Smart paced his 11-year-old son Benjamin to a 41:22 finish. It was Benjamin's first attempt at Run The Woodlands since last summer when the duo covered the course in 56 minutes.