Gobble Gobble!
So we have a running family! I was pretty excited when we got the call from our oldest that she decided she wants to run the Aramco Half Marathon with us in January. My mind also immediately realized that she will be placed in a different Corral. So we took a look at the requirements for an "A" corral on a certified course:
| Qualifying Time Standards for Front Corral Seeding | |||||
| Gender | Age Group | Marathon | Half Marathon | 10K | 10 Miler |
| Male & Female | OPEN (all ages) | 4:00:00 | 1:52:55 | 0:51:08 | 1:25:06 |
I looked around online and found the Houston Turkey Dash put on by our friends over at the Houston Run Co. They have a 10k that was just USATF certified, so while she was on her Thanksgiving break we decided we would run the 10k and go for the qualifying time.
Race morning was pretty windy with a cold front that had just blown in that morning. I felt like from her training she would be able to nail a 7:50-8 min pace based on her past runs. Of course when the gun went off and I hit start on my Garmin, "Memory Full"! So we went off and I settled into what I felt like was a 7:50 pace and restarted my watch while running. We clicked through mile 1 at 7:30 and my watch fully restarted and we locked into 7:55 pace through the end with a 7:45 finish mile.
She did a great job and finished sub 7:50 pace and under the 10k time standard.
Just for fun, 23 years ago I ran with my Dad at the old Houston Turkey Trot 5k:
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