No real goals for this race, other than to just finish. I didn't really push myself, since I wasn't feeling 100%. Figured I would just do what felt good.

Now I will say that I did push myself some and I didn't take is easy, but I also didn't go all out. I was just surviving.

So I am pretty surprised that I got 2nd in my age group... and I was only 5 seconds off winning first in my age group.

With that said, obviously the field was NOT very competitive. I mean really, my per minute mile was not impressive. I understand this. Not sure if there were any awards. Since I never win anything, we just took off.

Overall a decent run, but I have done better. First stand alone 5K in YEARS though... so that's cool.

At the end I walked back on the course and found my friend to run in pushing him to the finish line.

**Note: this race was odd, because there were protesters there. Yes, protesters for how Barnum and Bailey treats the elephants. I guess they are humane to the rest of the animals? Anyways, it was a little odd to have protesters by the finish line... watching us run. Can't say they were cheering for us. I wanted to ask each one of them if they were vegan, because if the eat meat, eggs, or milk, they are supporting animal abuse through their eating. I figured I would opt to not be confrontational at a 5K and just steered clear of them.**

Walked around, then headed to the car. The parking garage line was not moving, so we got our bikes out and headed out for a bike run. Fun times. :)


Overall a nice little race. Really geared towards newbies and families. Good race if you want to win your age group without much effort! So that's nice! Ha! It was cute having the circus theme and people from the circus there.