T and myself after the race
I ran our local 5K today. The weather was pretty perfect as it was at 7:30 well before it got hot. There were about 100 people including T! There were lots of grade school kids which was awesome. I started out too fast and felt not so great right away. Then I settled into my pace. A lot of people were passing me at this point. T chatted a little but I'm not much for talking during a race and she took off. I could see her the whole race but as usual she was out in front. 
The t-shirt
Eventually I started passing a few people myself. The course was fairly flat, certainly no hills of any consequence. When I started my Garmin had gone to History and I had to scramble to start it. So when I finished I let it continue running for a short time to make up the difference. So I am not 100% positive of my time but it was about 26:51 which was a PR for this year. I thought I would get a time at the end but this is a very low key race. When I went to check later they only had times for about each 10th person. So I was slightly more than half way between 26:00 and 27:11 so I think what I figured was right!
Our neighbor's draft horses in the parade
H walks the whole parade route on stilts every year: this spring she
ran Vermont City Marathon for the first time!
So I hurried home to get back for the parade. It was slightly more than an hour long. I saw lots of people I hadn't seen in a long time and managed to choke down a fried bread dough before I headed home!
12 comments:
Hooray for the PR! That's a very cute shirt and I am officially jealous of both your 7:30 start time and the fried bread dough! :-)
Congrats on your PR!!The t-shirt is definitely very cool :)
That's a nice finishing time! Great job at getting over your Garmin not being in the right mode and starting off too fast - just one of those problems would mess me up! Great pic on the shirt!
Great job on the PR!
Perfect day. A pr race, a parade and hopefully a day to spend with family! Enjoy!
Wow a PR in the heat! Great job!
Woohoo on the PR! Very cool. Happy 4th. Will be in touch very soon :).
I love the t-shirt!
Stilts freak me out...I don't know why, they just always have!
Wow stilts.. Congrats on a great 5K.. I am so ready for 5Ks!!
congratulations on your PR! Sounds like you had a great 4th and I hope a wonderful family reunion. I love seeing cousins and aunts and uncles I haven't seen in ages - it's familiar and strange at the same time.
Nice run and good time, well done! I like that blue t-shirt. The parade sounds like fun.
Congrats on the 5K! Sounds like a great way to kick off the fourth.
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