Its a Wonderful Run 5K - Run5k


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Seneca Falls, New York
United States
25F / -4C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 37m 40s
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Pre-race routine:

Mike and Marlee picked Y and I up before race and Kara too. Kara and Y had gotten chips the night before. Found a place to park and stayed in the car till closer to race time. The town is suppose to be the town from the movie Its a Wonderful Life. It is quite an event there they had Zuzu there to start the race and events all weekend in celebration.
Event warmup:

Walked to race about 1/4 mile or so. Lined up on the bridge that is suppose to be the inspiration of the the movie "Its a Wonderful Life". There was a lot of excitement in the air and 2000 racers, from all over.
Run
  • 37m 30s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 12m 04s  min/mile
Comments:

Starts on the bridge but we filled more then that. Before we started we had to step back because we had crowded the fast guys forward of the start line. The race start on the word wings. From "Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings". This was announced by Zuzu the actress that says it in the movie. She is a little older now. Kara and Y ran together and Mike and I ran with Marlee. Held up a lot of cars crossing 5&20. We stayed together as a group for a mile or so till the rest stop of frozen hose water hmmmmm..... Marlee was running well and we walk after the stop then not till a mile out or so. The race starts at 4:40 so the further we ran the more Christmas lights came on. Very pretty they do it up well. The girls finished about a minute ahead of us and had water for us at the end. There were all kinds of people running it and everyone had the Christmas spirit and friendly greetings. Kara almost got puked on at the finish by some girl. A guy had run back to run with his son. He said he did well and puked at the end. The kid said "Cool!".
Looks like it may be a tradition for us to do.
What would you do differently?:

Just a fun race so nothing at all.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched a little and watch many, many people finish. We stopped in Geneva and had dinner. Marlee had a giant pancake and devoured it.

Event comments:

It was fun to run easy and help Marlee in her first 5K. Y almost PR it except it took a minute to the start line she would have.




Last updated: 2011-12-06 12:00 AM
Running
00:37:30 | 03.11 miles | 12m 04s  min/mile
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