Saturday was the Munford Celebrate 5k. This was my third year to run this race and each year has been fun.
The course has several small hills throughout-which I love. My only problem is that my usual training course is completely flat. However, I do enough hill training that these hills really aren't that bad. It is usually pretty hot on race day (again something I love) but this year was not too bad. The people that put it on are really awesome. And to make things even better there is a Kid's Fun Run after the 5k.
This year I ran into a small dilemma. After a horrible long run on Sunday, my 1year old was sick on Tuesday and Wednesday. I had some pretty hard workouts planned for those days. I made the mistake of doing them both on Thursday....two days before the race. That meant sore hamstrings and shoulders for a couple days. I was over all of that by Saturday morning and actually felt pretty good after I stretched. I got a chance to see a few people I hadn't seen in awhile, which was nice.
I thought going in that I had a pretty good shot at a really good finish time because of the weather. During the race I felt pretty good. No lingering side effects of my overtraining from a couple days earlier. Towards the end of the race I still felt good but I knew my time wasn't gonna be great. I knew with those little hills I needed to conserve just a little to finish strong.
The last tenth of a mile is where I am usually at my best. I practice during at least one run every week finishing strong. When I saw my time as I approached the finish line I was a little dissapointed. However, I pushed through the finish.
My time was 22:04. That is actually 10 seconds better than the previous two times I ran this race. The one bummer is that after all of the complaining about finishing 2nd in my age group twice in that race, I finished 3rd.
I did get a couple nice complements that gave my confidence a much needed boost. The guy that finished ahead of me said he knew I was somewhere behind him and had to make sure he didn't slow down. The guy that finished behind me told me "great finish, I tried to close on you but I couldn't." I said thanks but on the inside I was thinking "you can't close on me, I finish STRONG!"
After the 5k was when the real fun began. Nate and Sophie ran the Kid's Fun Run which was a half mile. I ran the race with Nate last year and he really enjoyed it. This year I signed Sophie up and let her do it. I decided to run with Sophie since this was her first race. It was really special. We finished last but this beautiful little girl tried hard and even had a STRONG finish just like Daddy!
Overall it was a great day at the races. I didn't do as well as I had hoped but I did pretty well. I also got to run with my daughter in her first race. We forgot to bring the camera so here are some pictures from the race photographer:
This is my reaction to seeing the clock and realizing I am nowhere near the time I wanted.
This is me finishing strong.
This is my reaction to how I did.
This is me accepting my 3rd place age group medal.
Here is a shot of my three girls.
The course has several small hills throughout-which I love. My only problem is that my usual training course is completely flat. However, I do enough hill training that these hills really aren't that bad. It is usually pretty hot on race day (again something I love) but this year was not too bad. The people that put it on are really awesome. And to make things even better there is a Kid's Fun Run after the 5k.
This year I ran into a small dilemma. After a horrible long run on Sunday, my 1year old was sick on Tuesday and Wednesday. I had some pretty hard workouts planned for those days. I made the mistake of doing them both on Thursday....two days before the race. That meant sore hamstrings and shoulders for a couple days. I was over all of that by Saturday morning and actually felt pretty good after I stretched. I got a chance to see a few people I hadn't seen in awhile, which was nice.
I thought going in that I had a pretty good shot at a really good finish time because of the weather. During the race I felt pretty good. No lingering side effects of my overtraining from a couple days earlier. Towards the end of the race I still felt good but I knew my time wasn't gonna be great. I knew with those little hills I needed to conserve just a little to finish strong.
The last tenth of a mile is where I am usually at my best. I practice during at least one run every week finishing strong. When I saw my time as I approached the finish line I was a little dissapointed. However, I pushed through the finish.
My time was 22:04. That is actually 10 seconds better than the previous two times I ran this race. The one bummer is that after all of the complaining about finishing 2nd in my age group twice in that race, I finished 3rd.
I did get a couple nice complements that gave my confidence a much needed boost. The guy that finished ahead of me said he knew I was somewhere behind him and had to make sure he didn't slow down. The guy that finished behind me told me "great finish, I tried to close on you but I couldn't." I said thanks but on the inside I was thinking "you can't close on me, I finish STRONG!"
After the 5k was when the real fun began. Nate and Sophie ran the Kid's Fun Run which was a half mile. I ran the race with Nate last year and he really enjoyed it. This year I signed Sophie up and let her do it. I decided to run with Sophie since this was her first race. It was really special. We finished last but this beautiful little girl tried hard and even had a STRONG finish just like Daddy!
Overall it was a great day at the races. I didn't do as well as I had hoped but I did pretty well. I also got to run with my daughter in her first race. We forgot to bring the camera so here are some pictures from the race photographer:
This is my reaction to seeing the clock and realizing I am nowhere near the time I wanted.
This is me finishing strong.
This is my reaction to how I did.
This is me accepting my 3rd place age group medal.
Here is a shot of my three girls.
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