I really didn't feel like getting up, mostly due to the previous week's cold and subsequent lack of training intensity. But, I figured I would go ahead and run it, and see what happened. At the site, I began my ancient poses for race success. (Honestly, they caught me somewhere outside a stretch)
After the race, Grace decided she needed to be carried around for a while, to celebrate her efforts to show up and mooch free food. She was a great cheering section, though. I'm sure her mom helped her focus.
Ah, some Chik-fil-A (supposed to be for the runners) is a nice way to warm up in the cold temps.
I decided to customize my own race number, making it a bit more accurate.
The skinny of it is that it wasn't a PR, and it didn't feel at all comfortable running this race. The hills really spiked my HR. But, it was a very small race, so I came in 9th overall, and 1st in my age group (30-39)!! That was good enough for a $35 gift certificate to a local running store. Glad I showed up, after all.The search for the elusive 18.xx 5K continues...
I forgot the most important pic of all! Here's proof I actually did an event. :-p
