At the start it was a nice 35*F. Perfect weather for shorts as you can see above. These kids were in the front the whole time, as you might imagine.
This may be the first 5k I ran like an adult. My first mile was right on goal pace and my 2nd and 3rd mile were both under 7:00 min pace
Thanks to Terry and Pete for the photos, this one is at the start line with the high school kids. One of these guys won the 5k in 16 minutes and change.
Nice.
I ran hard and puked at the end. For all that effort I got a nice shiny medal for 2nd in my age group. I would have had first, but they used 10 year age groupings.
Here is a photo of the GRC crew pre-race
I woke up and had a good breakfast with coffee, picked up my dad and had a short warm up. I wanted to do a longer warm-up, but it didn't happen. I ran into Pete, Ricky, Terry and some other peeps from GRC. It is always nice to have friends there for encouragement and inspiration.
Mile 1-6:29
Mile 2-6:55
Mile 3-6:50
last.1-0:56
This means 21:12 for today. Not a PR, but I will take an age group award over a PR all day, any day. I find that most 5k I run tend to be a little short, usually by not more than .05. This one was long by .05, and I think that is how it should be. You can't run perfect tangents, so it seems to me that the route should always read a bit long according to the Garmin.
This is my 3rd Turkey Trot and my second time running this particular race. It is nice to know the course so you can mentally prepare yourself for what is to come. I hope to run this next year as well with an even faster time.
This is my dad at the finish
Some more from the race photo people:
This 1st one is right at the end, my face shows what is to come:puking
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