Check, Monster Dash complete! I had a great day yesterday finishing in 2:30:58 with a pace of 11:25 per mile. To give you a perspective of this pace in August when I ran a 5K my pace was 11:39 and a heart rate of 177. So yesterday I was able to cut 14 seconds per mile off of my 5k time and took my heart rate average down from 177 to 163. Yesterday I also hit 10 miles at 1:54, which is 6 minutes faster then I did the TC10 mile a few weeks ago!

I'm also really excited because my mom came down from Brainerd to participate in the Monster Dash 5k. Her race started a couple of hours after mine so I was able to see her sprint to the finish line, it was pretty cool seeing her run out there. Running has been a great activity for us to plan our time together around. This summer we did the 5k together and now this race was our 2nd one together, now we're talking about doing the Turkey Trot before our thanksgiving meal! I'm really learning that the more the merrier with this type of thing…. I love being active with my family!