We woke up to lotsa rain, and my sis did not have running gear for the rain, so i lent her my running jacket, and made do with a new zip up top I had gotten on friday (not waterproof, but good enough). We got to the race a little late, and by the time we had cleared the porta potty's we were kinda late
We reached the start as the gun went off, so no time to get nervous/excited. For the first 2k we were at the very back of the pack (literally, the last 2), but my sister wanted it slow and easy- good for her to pace so well. The course was GORGEOUS despite the rain, and the volunteers friendly. Little sis only wanted to walk 3 times the whole run, and was fairly strong all the way to 8k. At 8 she hit a bit of a low, and so was another first time runner (hailey??). So, I invited her to join, and since I was FULL OF ENERGY, I cheered and talked their ears off until the end. Pipers piped us in at the end. My sister's goal time- 1:10, final time 1:07:30 
She did soooo great, and I learned 2 valauble lessons: running a race nice and slow and enjoying it is just as fun as trying to PB, and starting off slow gives you way more energy at the end (ie. I should pace my 1/2 mary at my sisters 10k pace!). I will definately be back to Fergus next year, but maybe try a sub 1 hour PB 
My regular running partner joined the sub 1hr club today at the run too- woohoo! I keep kidding her that she is now too fast for me!
Oh, and the HIghland games afterwards were so cool! The Strongman competition was great!
Erin
Edit to add: Cant forget that big sister was doing a triathalon that day, her first 1/2 ironman is in 2 weeks! My sisters rock
