Liberty Days 5K Race Report from Roaring Spring, Pa.
Even though I think the course could possibly have been a tad bit short (but not by much), Waverly got back under 38 minutes today at the Liberty Days 5K in Roaring Spring, Pa.
With Dad pacing (yes, I flew here last night - you just don't know when your grandparents are 84 and 82 - and will run the Presque Isle Half Marathon in Erie, Pa. tomorrow for state No. 18 before flying back to Houston on Monday morning), here were Waverly's splits:
Mile 1 -- 12:31.73
Mile 2 -- 11:27.22
Mile 3 -- 12:49.31
Last .1 -- 48.84
Total -- 37:37.10
I just read a race report from this race from 2002 and it seems like the markings were the same from the course description, but this just really seeems to be off.
A 12-minute per mile pace, which is what she was on through mile 2, would be 1:12 in the last .1 mile. I think that the start line, though, could have started farther back and the finish line had ended sooner. Who ever knows for sure though?
The bottom line, though, is that Waverly had an excellent effort on a slightly difficult course, which included a little uphill that was returned to her all in mile 2. I would equate it to her performance at Brenham's Blue Bell Fun Run 5K last April (which was 37:22.9 on a slightly more difficult course.)
I was most proud of her because she ran the entire way with the exception to get water and as she developed a side stitch in the last .4 miles.
The most cool thing, of course, though is that she got to have her picture taken with 2004 U.S. Olympic Trialist in the marathon, Brian Sell, before the race.
During the race, as she was at about 2.5 miles, Brian was coming in for the last half mile of the 5-mile and he was taking it easy. He visibly acknowledged her and then while back out on the course shortly thereafter, he told her, "Good job." That's class, but consider where he's from. (Close to where I'm from. Ha!)
He later told my Dad and my Mom while they were talking with Brian and his wife that he saw Waverly on the course. Then the two of us got a picture with them. Waverly forgot to get her 2007 Chevron Houston Marathon program autographed. Hopefully he'll be back in Houston in '08, but I didn't get a chance to ask. As you can imagine, he was getting pulled in a lot of different directions.
How many 12-year-olds get to say that they've either talked to or run with two recent U.S. Olympic Marathon trailists? Not many. And it is a day like today that are memorable times as I watch her grow into a determined young lady.
With Dad pacing (yes, I flew here last night - you just don't know when your grandparents are 84 and 82 - and will run the Presque Isle Half Marathon in Erie, Pa. tomorrow for state No. 18 before flying back to Houston on Monday morning), here were Waverly's splits:
Mile 1 -- 12:31.73
Mile 2 -- 11:27.22
Mile 3 -- 12:49.31
Last .1 -- 48.84
Total -- 37:37.10
I just read a race report from this race from 2002 and it seems like the markings were the same from the course description, but this just really seeems to be off.
A 12-minute per mile pace, which is what she was on through mile 2, would be 1:12 in the last .1 mile. I think that the start line, though, could have started farther back and the finish line had ended sooner. Who ever knows for sure though?
The bottom line, though, is that Waverly had an excellent effort on a slightly difficult course, which included a little uphill that was returned to her all in mile 2. I would equate it to her performance at Brenham's Blue Bell Fun Run 5K last April (which was 37:22.9 on a slightly more difficult course.)
I was most proud of her because she ran the entire way with the exception to get water and as she developed a side stitch in the last .4 miles.
The most cool thing, of course, though is that she got to have her picture taken with 2004 U.S. Olympic Trialist in the marathon, Brian Sell, before the race.
During the race, as she was at about 2.5 miles, Brian was coming in for the last half mile of the 5-mile and he was taking it easy. He visibly acknowledged her and then while back out on the course shortly thereafter, he told her, "Good job." That's class, but consider where he's from. (Close to where I'm from. Ha!)
He later told my Dad and my Mom while they were talking with Brian and his wife that he saw Waverly on the course. Then the two of us got a picture with them. Waverly forgot to get her 2007 Chevron Houston Marathon program autographed. Hopefully he'll be back in Houston in '08, but I didn't get a chance to ask. As you can imagine, he was getting pulled in a lot of different directions.
How many 12-year-olds get to say that they've either talked to or run with two recent U.S. Olympic Marathon trailists? Not many. And it is a day like today that are memorable times as I watch her grow into a determined young lady.
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