I didn't really know what to expect for this race. Its my first race this year as I've had numerous injury problems. I just wanted to go out and have fun. I succeeded.

I held back a touch at the start, which was an uphill. I let it go for the downhill, letting gravity do the work for me. My first mile was 8:30 exactly.

Second mile flattened out and I eased into comfortable pace. HR settled into the mid 140s and I tried to keep my stride strong. There was a water station near the end of the second mile. I walked it and took some water. Second mile pace was 9:06.

Third mile to the end was along some pretty fields. Some beautiful wildflowers were along the road. Yellow and blue. I tried to maintain my form and keep pushing along. HR was around 150. The third mile was sub-9. Push hard to the finish.

Not much. I ran as good of race as I reasonably could.

Just thinking about it, this was my first true 5K since probably highschool. It was fun!

Walked around a bit and caught my breath. I settled down pretty quickly. Drank some water and chatted with some fellow runners. The car was maybe a mile away, so I walked and jogged back to it. Stopped at Dunkin Donuts on the way home and treated myself to a chocolate covered donut! I needed replace carbs, right? :)


I've only been able to run for about 3 months as I've come off injury. I'm inthe process of building up my frequency and milage. I see this race as a barometer of my current run fitness. I've made a good bit of improvement over the last couple of months. But I have a lot of opportunity for improvement too. :)


A decent, local race. Reasonably well organized. Lots of volunteers.