I really wanted to come in below the 40 minute mark, but we were close enough. Notice that a 70 year old woman named Janet finished just 14 seconds behind us. Go Janet, go!
Overall, I thought the race was really well organized and fun. There was a pretty brutal hill at the beginning of the course, but after that it was flat. And on the way back, you get to run down that same hill. I totally need to run a 5k downhill sometime. Weee!
I felt really strong the first mile (we walked the hill), but at mile two I started getting a weird chest pain and/or cramp in the ribcage. Argh. I thought if I walked a bit, it would go away, but it kept coming back with a vengeance. Needless to say, I walked a ton, but we still finished with a decent time and not in last place. WIN. Thank you to JB for cheering us on, and to everyone else for the supportive comments, texts, etc. I RUN FOR YOU! J/K, but I really do appreciate all the love :-)
And on a non-race related note, just wanted to say how excited I am that it's almost 60 degrees out today (heat wave!). I'm so excited for spring. In celebration, I made a spring-inspired spinach and fruit salad at lunch today:
That hot mess in background is turkey chili. It paled in comparison to my salad.
Happy Monday!!!
3 comments:
Great job, love. I am so proud of you!!!
I love the name of this race! Congrats on your first race of the season. I'm jealous :)
Also, I'm having a bit of salad envy. Thankfully I have a salad and fruit (and feta,walnuts,etc) with my name on it after my run tonight! YUM
Go us!! We beat a 70 year old :)
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