On Thanksgiving this week, Dave and I started a potential new tradition with a 5k turkey trot in Pinole. It was a small but really fun race in which Dave won (woohoo!) and I almost broke the top 3 in my age group (yes it was really small). Regardless, it’s fun to see our names in the same window (and not because Dave slowed down to run my pace).
Last weekend I ran my 5th 5k in exactly one year. Last year I ran the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in 29:06 and as you can see I shaved off just over 3 minutes to finish (thanks to Dave for running with me and pacing me) in 26:05.
I have a goal for 2009 to either run a 5k in under 26:00 (ugh! so close) or to run a race with a distance more than 5k. Since I got so close to the 5k goal I think it’s time to move on and try something longer. I found a good timed 10k in December that I think I’ll work toward. My goal will be to finish in under an hour.
Ever wonder what it looks like to see a 26 year old get passed by what would appear to be a 7 year old during a 5k? Well wonder no more:
Oh sweet Jesus. We did it. We earned our finisher ribbons, but just barely. Meagan got passed by a old guy in jean shorts along the way and I almost got beat by a 6 year old. We sort of forgot that Albuquerque is situated at 5,312 feet. Running at 5,312 feet is a bit more difficult than at sea level. Our lungs starting hurting about 0.2K in. Overall we still did okay, we don’t have official times yet but we were each about a minute slower than the Race for the Cure in San Francisco last month, so my time should be a little over 30 and Meagan’s a little over 31.
We’re off to wheeze our way through our last day in New Mexico.
