At the last minute, I decided to enter a 5K near my neighborhood this morning. It was a local race put on by the Omaha YWCA. I got there about 7-ish and there weren't many people but as 7:30 came around it seemed that a fair number of racers had shown up. When the results are posted in the next week I will have a better idea of how many people ran/walked.
I saw a couple of people I knew from work and from the local triathlon club. The gun went off at 8 am and we were off on a one and a half loop course that is almost completely flat and pretty fast. This was part of the route I run for training so I knew which parts of the path seemed flat but had a slight up hill gradient etc. Home turf definitely has its advantages. My splits slowed up a little each mile which I was disappointed with.
Mile 1: 7:47
Mile 2: 7:54
Mile 3: 8:08
Overall: 24:30 (unofficial)
I ended up placing 2nd in my age group (F 20-29) with no idea where I was overall. The fastest man ran 17 minutes and the fastest woman ran 21 minutes. Wow.
Fun day and I came home with a medal, a Boulevard hat, and yet another race t-shirt. Should of told them to keep the money for the shirt and put it back in the YWCA somewhere. Oh well, maybe next time.
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When you come home with a medal, that's ALWAYS a good day :-)
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