I started off at a pretty quick pace. Going into the first cul de sac, I was running less than 11:00 miles, so I slowed down a little bit. The second mile is more hilly, so that also made me a little slower. My lungs hurt a little bit on the hills in the second mile, but not so bad that I couldn't keep going. I tried to take a few really deep breaths and force lots of air out to keep my lungs clear. I stopped at the second water stop and felt like I was really slow after that. I probably shouldn't have stopped there. I was going back and forth with a few other women at the end. One of them outkicked me at the end, but I still passed some of the other people. Andy tried to pass me at the end again (even though I was ahead of him for most of the race), but I held him off.

I really enjoyed this race. I love seeing lots of people I know running and volunteering on the course. So much fun! I will definitely try to do them again next year. I wish I was going to be here for next week, but I'll be on vacation.

Took 2:01 off of my time from last week! Not a PR (my fastest 5k is 34:05) but it's the fastest I've been in awhile.

Start off just a little slower so that I could be faster in the second and third mile.

Walked around, got some powerade and pretzels. Chatted with Kristen and Andy, then walked back to the car and went home.


Still not at 100% with my lungs, not quite sure how to pace these races.