Gilbert, Arizona
This race was close to home and definitely in the holiday spirit. Besides, when do you ever get to race a 12k and get carolers at every kilometer? They give out Christmas socks and Santa Hats instead of shirts at this race. I signed my three year old little Vayden up for a 1.2K race. We bought her some running shoes and even did some training runs with her. She was jazzed to be out there with us. She wanted so bad to wear a race bib. She kept asking about it for days before the race. She did well. During this run, both Christian and I felt the half marathon we did 5 days prior to this. It hurt to run. I finally loosened up 6 miles into the race. I managed an 8:20 pace which is better than I felt.
