I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July! Mine was wonderful, spent with friends and family. There was quite a bit of food too 
I ran in the local 5 mile race which was my 4th year participating in it!
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Prerace dinner: cookout with all the family in town!
and another snack since I figured I needed some carbs 
For once I was prepared and laid my outfit out the night before!
Breakfast!
Okay, race time. It started at 8 so I went over at 7:30 to register and warm up. My goal was to break 35 minutes.
My first mile was around 6:30-40 and I felt like I was going to be able to hit my goal time. I turned my music on when I hit the first mile and just tried to focus on keeping a good pace!
The weather was almost perfect for racing! It was a chilly 45F when I woke up, but it warmed up to 54F when the race started. By the time I got done it was around 60F!
Thanks for being an awesome photographer mama- you da best!
My official time was 34:06. I won my age group and was the third woman overall!
After the race I had to march in the parade for marching band! Marching is seriously worse than running the race. Quads are so.heavy.
After the parade I headed over to my auntโs for lunch!
Oh man, so much food. Itโs one of my favorite meals the whole year!
The rest of the day was spent at the park! The Fourth is a big deal in my town and everyone goes to see the vendors, dog jumping show, and kids games. I actually fell asleep before the fireworks happened so I missed that part.. but otherwise it was such a fun day! A race, a parade, and walking around all day = I slept well last night!
How did you celebrate the fourth?
do you pr
I bought a 
YOUโRE INCREDIBLE!!! Congrats, girl! I โฅ 4th of July food. I went to my friendโs grad party, and his family is Italian, so there was SO MUCH good food.
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Italian?!? I better see some pics from this party
Wow girl, Iโm always amazed and impressed at how crazy fast you are! I participated in my local 5k on the fourth and won my age group, but my time was like 27 something. Haha, it was still loads of fun though! But anyway, congrats on your awesome run. You deserved the victory!
I fell asleep before the fireworks too, but then they woke me up and I ended up getting up to watch them.
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Thanks, Alex!
and hey, you donโt need to say your time.. only that you won 
WOW!! That is AWESOME!!! Speedy Leigha
Congratulations on an awesome race and beating that goal! 
Your fourth looks like it was filled with fun! Iโm so glad you had a great holiday
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Thanks Emily!! It was a great day- hope yours was too!
You are so speedy! Sounds like you had a great day
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Thanks girly! Hope you day was great too
aww nice my american relations spent the fourth in ireland
Very cool!
You are amazing. Seriously, you rock. Amazing job on the PR!
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Thanks Liz! Iโm so happy
Great job Leigha! i loved reading this recap, and all the pictures too! Congrats on the PR, like I said in the comment reply, that is awesome for just taking some time off, canโt wait to see what you can do! Hope you have lots more races lined up, I look forward to reading
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Thanks Tina! That means so much coming from you