The battle of the bands 5k was the second race in a series of different running races. Keila and her dad went with Parker, Ben, and their dad. We got there checked in and stretched while we waited. There was three bands on the course and at the end we got to vote which one we liked the most. The race started at 7:30 so finished around 8. Keila, Parker, and Keila’s dad all started near the 8 minute mile and Ben and his dad started at the 7 minute mile. 3…2…1 and the race started Keila and Parker started the run together and Keila’s dad was a little distance behind them. After a few minutes Keila started to go ahead. The first mile was finished and they got to see the first band. It was not that good but it was decent. Parker kept catching up and than falling behind. Half a mile later Parker and Keila were running side by side approaching the second band. The second band was a lot better than the first one. We kept going and we were more then half way done. And finally we could hear the third and final band so we started picking up the pace knowing we were near the finish line. We could see the finish line and Ben and his dad cheering. Keila finished with a time of 28:35 and Keila’s dad finished with a time of 28:58 and with Parker close behind with a time of 29:02. We are exited with next months race and hope we can do better than this race.