Date/Location: | 11/25/21, Auburn, CA |
Distances: | 5K |
Time: | 24:48 (Unofficial) |
Place: | 2nd |
Teammates: | Teammates- 10K: Dillon Holloway, Jim Kepfer, Robin Soares 5K: Ariel Soares, , Jesse Redding, Micah Redding & MANY OTHER AUBURN FRIENDS |
Ug, I forgot to turn on my Garmin. I quickly turn it on, but I know it will take a while to turn on completely. I usually turn it on 5 to 10 minutes before I run because sometimes it takes forever to load. I'm getting worried now because I don't know if my Garmin will be ready in time. I ask God for Him to turn on my Garmin and line up at the starting line. I glance down at my Garmin, it’s still at one bar(it has to get to five before it’s ready)! I hear “Go!”. Right as “go” is yelled my Garmin vibrates to tell me that it is ready. Thank you, God! I hit the start and run after the people that just started.
I catch up to mom because she said she was going to run 8-minute pace, which is what I wanted to run. I looked at my watch, we were running at an 8:30 pace. I told her I going to run ahead to get my goal pace. I start running ahead as we round a corner. On the other side of the corner, there is a huge hill. Going up it was tough, but at least it’s down the other side. At the top, my Garmin says 8:05 pace. I run down the hill with a lot of speed to make up for the lost time. I pass the entrance to the Placer track. I catch some boys and pass them. I’m running along Placer now. After a little bit, I reach 1 mile. I did it at 7:50 pace. I'm ahead of schedule!
I keep running and try to keep this pace, I can get my fastest 5K and my goal, 24:00. I keep running this place. I turn onto a road and go by my family’s friends house, the Glass’s. Then, I keep running and end up by Overlook Park. I hear some one coming up behind me. I turn to see who it is and I see my old music teacher/crosscountry coach, Mr. Kepfer. We talk a little bit before he runs ahead. I can still see Dad and Anna a little bit in the distance running with Oscar I go around a cornor and run by Railhead. I'm a little tempted to go get a drink of water, but I don't want to lose time. Next to Railhead Park, I run over some train tracks. I know I'm close. My Garmin beeps and vibrates for 2 miles. Yay, I'm almost there! Just one more mile. This mile was 8:00 pace.
I keep running, it's basically downhill from here. I cross a road and then come to an intersection. I see no one turning, so I do a half sprint across the road. It isn’t long before I have to do the same thing. I come to another intersection. This one I have to wait a couple seconds for a car to finish crossing my path then, I rush across. There sure are a lot of intersections on the street. I'm so close. I run faster. I pass the Fairgrounds and keep going up ahead I can see Mr. Kepfer and Anna's friend’s sister. I'm pretty sure she's in the same grade as me. I see that I’m almost to the finish line. I look at my Garmin and it is almost at 3 miles. Oh, no! I remember that it is 3.1. This is bad because I scheduled 8:00 minutes per mile and I totally forgot about the extra point 1. So my goal is to get 24 minutes is out the window, my next goal is to get a better time then my last 5k, 24:42. I start speeding up because the finish line is close and that is the only way to get my new goal. I turn a corner and see a small hill. I know that this is the last hill. Even though it's small it is still a challenge. I speed up it and then speed down the hill. I can see the finish spot. I’m already past 24 minutes. I sprint down the sidewalk. I finish! I look at my Garmin. 24:48, just barely off.
