LOTS of women at this event! The race started and it took forever to get to the starting line, and even then, people still weren't running. Took almost 3 miles for it to shake out and get a little space. I was all worried that it was a slow pace, but my watch said 9:18 at the first mile, so we were ok. My goal was to run the whole thing in 93 mintues. That would put me at a 9.5 min mile pace. Since I wasn't really training for this, I thought it would be a challenge to maintain that. I hit the 5 mile mark right at 46 min, which put me around a 9:20 pace. I was cool with that. Eventhough the last 3 miles about killed me, I must have managed to keep trucking along at this pace, as I averaged a 9:18 pace for the entire race. I was happy with this.

It was soooo cold before the race. I KNEW that once I started running, I would heat up and be over dressed, but just couldn't convince myself of that. So..I was a little overdressed. Not too bad, but would rather have been in shorts. Next running race I do I am going to go to Goodwill and get some cheap sweats, and just take them off and put them in the trash right before race time.

Made my way straight to the catered breakfast table (of course!) and got me a small chocolate muffin, banana, mixed fresh fruit and a coffee. (I later went back for a small pastry. Shhhhhhh!) I met up with a friend of mine and her co-workers, so we had a nice post-race chat. I won a $25 Starbucks Gift Card!! Wooo Hooo!! Will probably re-gift it to someone, though.


Not having run any further than 7 miles in 11 months!!! If I had actually trained for it, I might have done better, but I am happy with my time, and would rather do a long endurance run, than a fast 5k.


This was a great race! They had your name on the race bib, and a cool finisher's medal. They also gave out performance t-shirts, however my size was already gone, so they will be sending me mine. I bought an Iron Girl visor, and a cool, girly triathlon t-shirt.