If you're making a resolution, good luck with that. Personally, I skip the New Years resolutions. Oddly enough, I tend to give something up for Lent and follow that 40 day rule. I find it easier than making a resolution because I tell myself, it's only 40 days. Usually by the time the 40 days are up, I find I no longer want what I gave up anyways, so I don't go back to it. I'm not really highly religious, so I don't know why I follow the Lent rule, but it works for me which is really all that matters.
To start this year off right, a couple of friends and I signed up for a 5K/10K. I commend them for getting up after a long night of celebrating and coming out to run. It was a really nice day out, but awfully cold. I think the temperature was somewhere around 32 - 35 (Farenheit of course.) Thankfully the course was almost entirely flat. The streets could've been set up a bit better as there were cars coming towards us and at one point, we were running on a major 2 lane highway, which was open for normal driving. The race itself was set up nicely. We started and ended at the Lowell Elks Club, they had timing mats that told you the results immediately after, and there was food and drink. All in all, a nice run, better than some of the big name runs I've been too.
My goal when I got there this morning was to beat my time from the Jingle Bell Run that I did back in December. That was also a 5k but there were a lot more hills. That being said, my time from the Jingle Bell Run was 31:09 at a 10 min pace. My time from today was 30:54 at a 9.5 min pace. So I did beat my last time, but not by a lot. I was hoping to come in around 29 or 28. I probably could have gone a little bit faster than I did, but there's always next time. I think I"m going to start adding a mile onto my training runs and work my way up to a 10K. Maybe by the last race of the series, in June, I'll be able to do one. And now, as always, some pictures.
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| Before the race. Two of these lovely ladies ran the 10K. Way to go girls! The rest of us just stuck to the 5K. |
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| Sadly, we didn't get a group shot for the after. The medals were wine stoppers! |
Awesome job Allie! I commend you ladies for this race. There was no way I was planning to run. Although I actually didn't feel bad so I could have done it. Great job beating your time. You should know from track that every second counts, so even beating it by a small amount is great!
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