Day 7.260: A 5K and two firsts

We'd had an entry in our calendar for today for a few weeks. A 5K race being run by a charity with connections to our church in Portland. For a variety of reasons we'd been far from sure whether we'd make it, but yesterday evening Exile #3 was keen to run, so it was decided that two of us would go.

Exile #3 started running with me during the summer and has been doing cross country since school restarted, but she'd never run further than about two miles until today.

She aced it - running the whole distance and coming in with an impressive sprint that got an excellent response from the spectators at the finish line, a fantastic smile and a great time.

I also had a pretty good race in the unseasonable heat and came in a few-seconds better than my previous personal record, second place and "first old geezer",

Meanwhile Exile #2 took Exile #4 and E5N1 to the beach so it was good times all around.