It was a great day for a race. While it was cloudy, the temperature was in the upper forties. There was a great crowd of about 317 runners, and some nice smiles all around. I placed 43rd overall, and 6th in my age group. Not so bad, if I do say so myself!
The race got started and just as I was approaching the 1 mile marker I saw my family cheering me on. Since the race went right by my street all they had to do was walk around the corner to watch me run by then head home. I got a strong high five from my son! It was awesome!
After I passed the first mile marker I noticed I was under 7 minutes/mile. Normally I would slow down and conserve energy, but I could tell that I there was nothing holding me back from maintaining that pace for the entire 5 miles. I kept at it, finding runners ahead of me to 'reel-in' one at a time.
By the time I reached the 4 mile mark I was feeling so strong that I knew I could pick up the pace a bit more. I slowly started picking up the pace and when I felt there was less than 1/2 mile remaining I kicked it into high gear and finished hard, passing quite a few runners at the end. What an exhilarating run!
As I mentioned in my last post, this is my first race of 2014. It had been a while since my last race, but it felt good to get out there again. 2014 is starting off strong and I couldn't be happier!
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