Payton and Mom decided to run in a Halloween 5K together. It was PJ's first official race. We even did matching shirts and shorts. :) She was so excited, but she was sooooo nervous. At the start line, I think she was going to throw up. But once GO! happened, she took off. She did awesome! She pushed herself really hard. I just kept talking to her the whole time 1) to make the time go faster, but 2) to tell her how to mentally do a race. A few times she wanted to stop and walk, and I would talk her through how to mentally make small goals for herself, and how to focus, and the next thing she knew, we were almost done! At the end, she kept saying how she could not believe she did it! At the finish line, she turned it on like she always does and sprinted and beat her old mom. She did it in 28:12. That is amazing to me. I am so proud of her. I know she was nervous, wanted to quit, and I think she learned some really good life lessons. It really wasn't about running. It was about doing things that you are not sure you can, and also about not quitting. She was on cloud nine the rest of the day and kept rubbing it in that she beat me.
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