This morning was the 5k. Sarita, Clara, Jen and Jen's dad all ran with me. Beautiful day, couldn't have asked for nicer weather. At the first mile mark, a lady was standing with a watch calling out times. "7:52...7:54...7:56..." Ummm, ok, I tried to believe her, but that was just impossible. I would believe it if I weren't 20 weeks pregnant...but no way. I tried to keep up the same pace just in case, but she must've been WAY off because my final time was 29:10, for a 9:25 pace. Not bad, definitely under my 30:00 goal! It felt good. I did feel slow, but I still pushed and the effort was strong. At the end, a woman who had continually walked, then sprinted, walked, sprinted through at least the last mile (alternating passing me and being passed) tried to to outsprint me. But I hadn't NOT walked to be beaten by someone who HAD, so I made sure I outkicked her.
Oh, and then we had the BEST ice cream (the reason I picked this particular race...free ice cream at 9:30 am!)...they had a bunch of flavors, but I went with pumpkin...good choice. YUM.
September 14 is our next race...10k. If I'm going to be much slower, I at least want to LOOK pregnant by then.
2 comments:
Nice job on the run!! Probably better you don't look pregnant, no one will stare and make comments AT you! Great time too!!
awesome job on the 5k!!!
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