It’s actually been awhile since I’ve run a 5k, and, I have to say, I had a blast. AND I pretty much nailed a PR–(29:51) according to my Garmin since I started way in the back and there was only gun time. Haha, if you just go by the gun time, I’m about 45 seconds slower (31:30) than my PR in 2007 (30:46). But I think I’ll count it, eh? Okay, fine. I’ll wait until I have an “official” PR. Technicality.
Anyway, I felt great the whole race. I couldn’t believe how easy it felt to run decently hard (for me). So I guess since it felt pretty easy, that means I could have run faster. Next time, my friends. I didn’t run the first mile too fast, I ran the whole way up this MONSTER hill (passing a ton of people, I might add), and then picked up the pace during the last half of the race. I’ve been working on fast finishes, so I saw a bit of that paying off. I even beat The Engineer. That never happens. Well, he hasn’t been running as much as I have, so the second he puts in as much as me, it’s so long to ever finishing faster. Dang those guys with their ability to get in shape faster . . . Sigh. 🙂 This race was also part of the 5 by 5th Virtual Run Series on mommyrunfast.com (the last month!).
Next up: Freedom Run 10k on the Fourth of July.
Yay!! Congrats on your pr!!
Thank you! 🙂
Technicality-schmeck-nicality. You can totally claim this as a PR. 🙂 Nice job.
I ♥ french fries, too. 🙂
Thank you! Glad to meet another french fry lover. 🙂
That’s awesome. It’s totally a PR! Good luck on your 10k 🙂 (Found you on running bloggers!)
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you! Running Bloggers is great! 🙂