Mother's Day 10k

All I asked my husband for Mother's Day was to run the Kanab 10k with my dad.  Aside from doing the running part of an Olympic distance triathlon (the Spudman in Idaho) I have never raced a 10k.  The day of the Spudman race brought high temperatures and a few other challenges so I didn't meet my goal.  This time I specifically
trained for this 10k by running 6 1/2 to 7 mile tempo runs.  I've also discovered an awesome feature of my Garmin Forerunner 305.  On each of the tempo runs I set the pace alert to sound every time I fell below my goal pace.  Seeing my times improve with each tempo run made my confidence sky rocket.

On race day I again set my pace alert.  It enabled me to blow away my goal finish time by over 3 minutes!  My dad wore his Garmin Forerunner 205 and took 45 seconds off of each mile from his normal average pace.

Beating my 10k goal was the perfect gift for Mother's Day!