This morning I ran the Bench Bar Halloween 5m race with Liz for the second year in a row. I'm happy to say that I have, in fact, improved over the past year. Last year my time was 47:?? and this year I ran a 41:46, an 8:21/m pace. That's pretty good for me regardless, and I've definitely been slacking lately (I felt the extra 2 pounds when running, for sure)...so, I was happy.
I got second place in my age group. I love little races--they make me feel like a superstar! :)
They didn't want the awards to take forever, so they didn't call out the 2nd and 3rd place winners in each age group, much to the grumbling chagrin of me and the people around me. They had, afterall, said there would be winners for the top 3 on the form we signed...people were getting ready to sue, I swear...which would have just been hilarious considering the race was a benefit for the Bar Association (because lawyers need more money, right?). Luckily for them, however; they handed out the other awards later to people who came up to get them...so I have the picture of me without and then with my stellar prize: yet another plastic shoe bag.
It was a really fun, relaxed race. I'm glad I went...I definitely needed something to jump start my lazy butt.
And, in defense of my having supported the lawyers...I was told that the race was to benefit pro-bono cases--nothing wrong with that! (That is, afterall, what I would be begging for should I get into some kind of trouble that would necessitate me having a lawyer...)
It's a beautiful day outside, so I'm going to go walk my newly shaven poodle. She's prancing around like she's the queen of the universe and just needs to go outside to be discovered. She's a poodle, through and through...
1 comments:
Technically in a real race you would have placed 1st in our age group! Since I was an overall female placer!
YOU GO SUPERSTAR!
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