All this, knowing I had a 5K I signed up for. I thought maybe it'd help me push through the bad runs. And it was for a cause that I love. I love supporting local Firefighters/Rescue Teams. I think if I could, I'd love to work in a fire station. Maybe not AS a first responder firefighter, but the whole thing just intrigues me. I even listen to Fire Rescue radio on scanner radio. :)
Anyway, Dan and I went to a Food Truck Invasion last night in Jupiter, FL. There were about 30 food trucks there, and it was amazing. At this point I had already given up on any hopes of PR in the Firefighter 5k. "It's too hot anyway." I told myself. Knowing that I can't perform my best.
I continued to consume a beer and eat a Crabby Cheese Melt. Not exactly the best pre-race dinner, eh?
We arrived at the race site around 6:45 for the 7:30 start time, even though I had already picked up my race packet. I just get really anxious about figuring out parking, starting line, etc. They had a bunch of fire trucks on display... Some firefighters were getting into their gear to RUN the 5K in their full firefighter get-up. (and let me tell you... I was passed by many of them on the course!)
firefighters in full gear ready for the race. |
This race had over 1100 runners and I THINK that may be the largest race I've been a part of.
pic of a part of the crowd at the starting line |
Getting excited to kick it off |
I'm off! |
I decided to turn off the mile notifications on my Nike Plus app so I wouldn't have any idea what kind of pace I was doing. I did this during my best-ever 5k and figured maybe there's something to it.
I crossed the finish line with the clock saying 30:11. I completely forgot to account for the time it took me to get to the starting line so I didn't realize for a while that my time was actually quicker than that.
Turns out I finished in 30:00.997.
I think if I had realized I was that close to breaking 30 again, I would've sprinted even harder. But I gotta say, for 'mentally giving up' on this race before I even started... I'm pretty proud of this time.
Results:
30:00.997
9:40/mile pace
Overall placement: 519 / 1128
Gender placement: 234 / 680
Age group placement: 29 / 88
Sitting in the "cool chairs" after the race (arms in some ice bags.) |
Great race, girl!
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