Virginia Is For Lovers Sweetheart 6K
Second Race Of The Year
Time of 31:25 - 8:27/mile pace
won 2nd place in males 10 & under age group!
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| Sunny, Boog and Holden pre-race |
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| ........ and they're OFF! |
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At the finish line, with a time of 31:25!!!
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Race Summary:
So this was Holden's first major race of 2013. He doesn't actually count the New Years Day run since it wasn't officially a 5K, rather a 1/2mile short. The VIFL Sweetheart 6K was also his first race ever of pushing a Team Hoyt VB rider, with someone else's help of course. As you can see from the image below, it was CHILLY! 36 degrees..... and it was WINDY! Lots of turns on the 6K course as well, about 7 judging from the course maps. Linda "Sunny" Fox was who he was running with, and they were pushing Boog, an amazing little 3-year-old boy! Sunny was figuring on doing an approximate 8:00/mile pace. Easy enough (but faster than any of Holden's race paces to date other than his 1 mile races; only his most recent 1 mile race was under 8:00/mile) and good thing Holden had been working on his 400 meter sprints, I REALLY think that's helping!
So...... Sunny and Holden came in with Boog at 31:25. (all we knew at the exact finish line was approx 29ish minutes because none of us were watching the clock). Not quite as fast as they wanted to do, but they did it DESPITE the wind! WOW!!
Even MORE amazing?! Sunny came in second place in the women's masters division and Holden came in second place in the boy's 10 and under division! Way to go you two!! :)
Holden is anxiously awaiting his award in the mail, as I'm sure every other winner from the race is. This is his first major race award and it's a second place one at that! AMAZING! :) I plan to take his shirt, finishers medal, bib, award, and the below graphic and do a shadow box for his bedroom. This is a MAJOR win for him and he's super stoked! Maybe it'll give him the encouragement he needs on those days he thinks "I can't do it." - and I can show him the shadow box and say "YES YOU CAN!"
Thanks for letting us share his most recent race with you! We'll post a picture of the award when it comes :)
Best Part of the Race ever?! (besides coming in second in his age group (males 10 and under)
Being on the news TWICE!
