I got passed by everyone behind me before we even exited the zoo. It was a blow to the ego, certainly. The BOP biker was right with me. But just kept chugging. I decided that I would go until the first mile marker or my knee felt like it was going to come apart, whichever came first. Hit the first mile marker for a PR of just under 11 min/mile. I know that the downhill definitely helped that! Fell to walking shortly after. Reeled one girl in and passed her before the first corner of the park. Walked at a decently fast pace. Caught another girl and passed her before the 3rd corner of the park, but she blew past me for that corner and she was gone for good. She started walking and I could see it, but my legs weren't willing to think about trying to catch up. I walked most of the rest of the course. Especially the big hill. My advisor passed me going the other way on the hill and gave some encouragement. Once I got inside the zoo itself, I started running. People were cheering, so I ran faster and crossed the line. From when I crossed at the start, to when I crossed to finish, I recorded 41:29. That's pretty good.

Better pacing, no hurting knee

Walked around a bit. Grabbed a cold water and drank it. Waited for a massage, talked to the girl who was right in front of me the whole time. Turns out that the reason she ran on the corner to pass me was because her mom was the volunteer there and "would have yelled at her to get going!" Got a massage (which was AWESOME!) that was less like "mini-massage" and more like 15 minutes of bliss. Grabbed a Cal-C Tangerine/Orange juice thing and had it. Disappointed that the Cal-C was the only thing that had any protein in it. Hung around with my advisor and another grad student (who did two half-marys in April) for the raffle and awards ceremony. Advisor won first place in his age group for the 10K which surprised the heck out of him.


The fact I haven't completed the Couch-to-5k program, the hurt knee.


Pretty good little race that was well-supported. Glad I did it.