We ended up getting about 6” of snow the night before the run. It turned out that since the race was nor run on main streets, that the plows did not have a chance to clear the streets, so we got to run in the simi-compacted snow/ice streets. The 5K race had 216 finishers. There was about another 110 people that either did not finish, or more likely, just didn’t show up for the race.
The starting buzzer went off and when I looked at my pedometer, it showed that I was running about an 8’30 (fast for me). I thought about slowing down, but everything felt right. Heart rate, breathing, knee- all good. So I decided not to slow it down.
A lot of the race reminded me of watching cross-country races on television. We were all in single file, running on the tracks left by the cars that went through. Passing was a bear. Changing stride, jumping out of the rut and slipping past the runner in front. You could feel the extra energy left behind in the slushy ice (slice?).
I crossed the finish line- dry heaved and took a look at my time. Hey a PR! 27’07. I finished in about 46th place. I’m quite happy with that finish. I was hoping to finish in about 35’ because of the weather, so 8 min faster is great. With the weather and coming off an injury, it was a great run. I can’t wait until next year. Oh wait, there’s another 5K next Sunday.
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