I had a lot of fun at the race this morning. It definitely wasn't an easy course but racing without any pressure is sure enjoyable. I had three goals.
1. Beat Allie & Andrea's "jogging" 5K time from last week.
2. Run a negative split.
3. Keep my 4th of July hat on.
I successfully (barely) accomplished all three so I'm calling it a victory. I wouldn't go out on a limb and say it was easy by any means but the effort definitely felt right considering I've been a complete mess since TOU. 6:41, 6:32, 6:26, 5:52 for the last .1.
I felt pretty good during the slow 3 mile warmup and the race but the cooldown was a completely different story. My IT and right calf were killing me and I thought I might have to crawl back to the awards ceremony. It may not have helped that Kassi and Devra dragged us straight up a freaking mountain! But still it was ridiculous how terrible I felt.
I won a sweet jacket for dressing up like an idiot in my cutoff shorts & 4 leaf clover socks so all in all a successful day and definitely worth the trip up to the city! The best part of the day was definitely brunch after the race at Kevins. |