Today, Ariana participated in her first 5K. She has been looking forward to it for a while. She ran in the Hesperia Stake Turkey Trot at our church. It was bright and early this morning.....so we were up and out of the house at 6:15 AM! We arrived at the Church at 6:30 for registration. Then she warmed up a little and waited for the race to start.
At 7:00 or so, they sounded the horn and off she went. I was able to show her a map before so she knew about where she was going. Plus, being in our home town, she knew about where to go...and there were runners in front and behind her to make her feel better. I told her to just watch for other runners and follow the signs!
27 minutes and 26 seconds later, she crossed the finish line! She came in 38th place all around and 2nd place in her division of Females 14 & under. There were just under 100 runners in this 5K. I am so very proud of her! The only girl in her division to finish before her was 1 minute and 2 seconds ahead of her. And she is on a school cross country team and has been training for this and other 5K's for a while. Being Ari's first run, I was extremely proud of her!
For taking 2nd place in her division, Ari received a sweat rag with a turkey and "2012" on it. Plus, she now has bragging rights with a certain person from our ward at church who challenged her to beat him!
I have pics on my phone so I will try to get around to uploading them later on!
