a real PR afterall, and some cool pictures...

the start--500+ people showed up in single digit weather!

The 'official' results aren't up yet, but I believe I finished in exactly 24:00, which is semi-annoying since I wanted to break 24:00, but also totally fine-by-me since the conditions weren't exactly ideal. I did the first mile in 7:28, which was probably a little too fast since the second was 7:46, and the third 7:50...but you know...blame in on the wind, right?

before the race--me, athena, and jen

Also, I thought my last 5K PR was 24:03, but apparently I was just completely off base with that. The race was in May, and I just looked up the time, and it was 25:04, so I definitely did a lot better this time around. Pretty cool to get faster, ya know? 7:44 pace for even 1 mile seemed totally inconceivable just a year ago, so I'm happy with the improvement.

me stopping my watch, and trying not to puke on the guy in front of me.

Many thanks to Brian for coming out just to cheer us on and take pictures. And HEY! I got to really talk to TriSaraTops, whose mom kicked butt in the race. She cheered for me as I was running in...not only am I impressed that she recognized me with the winter gear on, but I can't believe she was standing outside in that frigid-ness. I never would have been able to stand still for so long!

brian, our fabulous photographer

All in all, a nice morning. I'm glad I went, even in this ridiculous excuse for a temperature...

jen, me, liz, and athena after it was all done, enjoying the much deserved chili!