Warm! That was the word for this run. Temps were still close to 80 degrees at the 7pm start time. My goal was to go sub 27:00. The run started off down a hill and then flattened out. I had looked at the course map, but after the first mile I was so confused about where I was. LOL! Good thing there were lots of volunteers and everything was well marked. The first mile I found a guy about my age to pace off of, but ended up passing him eventually. Then another guy in a white and blue singlet passed me and I used him to pace off of. At the halfway point, there was a water stop and I grabbed a cup and dumped it on my head. Shortly after that there was the girl with the garden hose. That was THE BEST! Then me and the white/blue singlet guy caught up to, but didn't pass, a guy in a red shirt and I paced off of both of them. Around the start of mile three I caught up to Sue's son Charlie and passed him. I was getting VERY hot at this point and there was an evilly placed hill. I settled into a pretty good rhythm after recovering from the hill. The white/blue singlet guy and the red shirt guy started picking up the pace and I couldn't keep up. Then with about 1/4 mile left this blur goes running by me. It was Sue's son Charlie passing me back. I couldn't believe how fast he passed me. LOL! Speedy young whippersnappers! Sue finished maybe 15-20 seconds behind me.

Nada. It was just too hot to push any harder than I did.

Walked into the food area and started eating: pizza, muffins, pasta salad, cookies, raspberry lemonade. It was all yummy. Charlie was right there with me eating. Sue said she couldn't believe the two of us were eating that quick after finishing such a hot race. Well, I was feeling a little like puking the last mile of the race, but it's amazing at how quickly that feeling just goes away. Food is yummy!


The usual plus the heat. Didn't quite reach my goal, but oh so very close. This was a new PB for a stand alone 5k.


This was a very nice local 5k with LOTS of post race food and an excellent goodie bag.