I haven’t blogged in a while. I will admit right now that I have done a bad job to follow up on actual races for my readers. I never commented on the mud run or the Seattle half Rock and roll. I have yet to comment on the Las Vegas Rock and roll. Usually on race day after the race I am tired and even though I feel I have so much to write about, so many different feelings or sights to describe ... I don’t. Later the week other priorities come up, I get behind and I will move along with the new topics ..
I will try to be a better blog then and keep my reader updated. And so it goes for today, as I ran the 12k of Christmas in Kirkland, WA. That’s the name of the event. It was an unplanned run that replaced my customary Sunday six miler training run. I registered a day before the close of registration, BIB4543. It’s was an enjoyable Holiday Fun run near the Kirkland marina. There were about 2,500 runners split between two events, the 12k, and a 5k. I ran the 5k and placed 114 overall. But this article isn’t about my race. This article is about BIB 4544, who finished right in front of me, at 113 overall. Her name is Michelle Fouard. She is my daughter. This was her first run. And I was blessed today to run this 5k side-by-side with Michelle.
I felt her anticipation at the start. I held her back as she wanted to go all out right of the start yet followed her lead as she wouldn't give up through the entire course ... Showed her how to regulate her breathing at mile marker 2, while telling her to sprint her heart out to finish under 28:00 as she was turning into the finish chutes. She worked through it. She never gave up. For 3.1 miles won't come easy to anyone. It didn’t for me when I started running. Yet Michelle ran the whole course at a solid sub-9 pace but she never trained for it. Today I saw in action what I had though for a while. She has the potential to become a great runner. Stride, breathing, form and strategy ... Acquired skills that a runner will spend his life mastering ... But no one will take away that she is a born runner :)
More amazing yet ...Here I sit blogging I am watching Michelle playing indoor soccer just mere hours after her first 5k finish, like the run wasn’t much at all today. I am very proud of you Michelle :)
Michelle’s 12k of Christmas Stats:
Overall - 113/746
F0115 - 14/39
Female - 51/494
Time - 27:28
Pace - 8:51
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