TCM 1 mile!

Gramma, Papa, the girls, and I ran the Twin Cities Marathon 1-mile on Thursday, May 12.  The race states that all participants must maintain a 13 minute per mile or better pace.  I was a little concerned the girls would not be able to maintain that pace but thought we would give it a shot.

It was a rainy and not very nice weather day.  The race was set to start at 6:50 and we got to the start at 6:35. The girls were excited and did not complain at all about the drizzling rain.  Gramma, Momma, and the girls wore matching bright pink shirts.  Papa opted out of pink and wore black.  When the gun went off, the girls were SO excited.  I made sure they didn't go out too fast and we started at a nice slow pace.  We passed the quarter mile mark at about 2:45 so we were in good time.  Brynn took off ahead of us and could have gone much faster but I kept yelling at her to stay within sight.  EVERYONE wanted to high five Bria and tell her what a great job she was doing - she was by far the smallest child on the course (this is really an adult event).  Brynn finished in slightly under 11 minutes and Bria finished in slightly under 12 minutes.  I was very proud of them!