So, guess what? I shaved 3 minutes off of my 5k time this morning! I'm so excited! Today was the St. Patty's Day Run (5k) in Tacoma, sponsored by Bud Light and The Dock Street Landing (Bar & Grill - a great place for bikers, not necessarily down-to-earth runners...ha ha!). The course itself was pretty easy, only about 4 hills, all pretty long, and drawn out, with three at the beginning and one at the very end. And the weather was rainy, but almost no wind except for the occasional breeze, and the rain was pretty weak. With a temperature of about 40, the weather was pretty much perfect for this race, and Courtney who runs a little on the over-heated side! And I made it! I ran without stopping (even on the hills) and finished earlier than last week! What a huge boost to my training and self esteem! I'm pretty excited about it. There was a beer garden afterwards, but well, I'm more of an Emerald Smoothie kinda girl. :) Christopher was there the whole time, and cheered me on before I dashed off, and was there to give me a big high five when I finished. It's was awesome!
Click here for a link to what the course looked like! What's cool is that this gmap pedometer tool actually gives you an idea of the elevation changes too, so you can see how bad the hills are! :)
So now I'm desperately trying to find some races in the area that are longer, and I'm thinking my next race will probably be an 8k in Seattle. No worries, it's close enough, just slightly more hills. :)
Love you all, thank you for all of your love and support!!!
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