Eyes on the prize.  Liz set a goal for herself.  She wanted to win the 5k on Saturday morning.  She didn’t want to run it.  She wanted to win it.  She asked me to run with her last week to get ready.  And when we showed up before the race, she spent a few minutes looking over the trophy table.  Eyes on the prize.

When we were getting ready to start the race, Liz pushed her way to the front of the pack, rubbing shoulders with the competitive runners.  The gun sounded and she sprinted the first 200 yards to keep up with the lead group.

At 10 years old, she did not ease up the entire run.  In the final stretch, she was behind a boy by about 10 yards.  I told her to catch him … and she beat him.

She finished 1st place in her age group, 15 and under, and was the 5th female to finish at any age.  She took home a trophy.  Her time was 25:34, better than any 5k I have run since college.

She was very excited and said she wants to run more races like this.  She received compliments from other runners.  All around good day for Liz.  Eyes on the prize.

Way to go Liz.  In a few weeks, Eden is going to run her first 5k.

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