In the beginning January, Kenzie randomly said she wanted to do a marathon. We convinced her that a half marathon might be a better first race option. We found one that was happening in Kent on March 15 so we signed her up. Doug and Jordan decided to sign up too. Doug's been training a lot. He printed a training plan from chatGPT. He got to the point where running 5 miles was pretty easy and would have long runs on Saturdays. Kenzie and Jordan both ran a few times, but didn't train much. They all went a couple weeks ago to run the 10k part of the trail that the half marathon was on. And today was the big day!
Kenzie was not looking forward to it. She had changed her mind about wanting to run and she definitely didn't like waking up early on a Saturday. But she still did it!
Doug had been sore this week after his church basketball game on Tuesday. He was playing really hard that day :) Jordan was feeling good and ready!
Coleman and I got there a little after 10:30 to meet them when they were done. We were too late for Jordan though. He finished so fast!
His time was about 1 hour and 59 minutes! He said he was about 3 miles away and had about 25 minutes left until 2 hours so he started running harder and faster so he could finish under 2 hours. He made his goal! He said the first and last couple miles were the hardest. He said he really liked it and will likely want to do more.
Doug finished next with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 28 seconds. He said the only time he walked was at the halfway point when he took off his sweatshirt and he didn't stop at all. He was very sore afterwards. He said it's too soon to think about doing another race. He did like getting in better shape through all the training though.
Kenzie came in next! She finished at just under 2.5 hours! She finished right behind the only other girl in her age group. She said she barely walked. She didn't really enjoy it and said she never wants to do it again. We're proud of her for sticking with it though!
The racers!
How they actually felt.
They all got to ring a bell for getting their personal best!
Kenzie's friends Lorelei and Morgan brought her some treats to celebrate her accomplishment! She was very happy!
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