my running partners
Since Ocean is hiding in the back, spectators didn't see him until I ran past them. At that point, several of them awarded me "double extra bonus points" for pushing two boys instead of the just one. Two other strollers finished before me, but they each only had one kiddo. So I won the double jogger division :) too bad that wasn't an actual division....
I ran 3.08 miles in 41:15, which is just slightly slower than last year's 40:05.
1st mile: 11:46
2nd mile: 14:31
3rd mile: 14:09
The last half of the race has multiple hills and I barely made it up the last one. I had to work so hard to push close to a hundred pounds of little boys and jogger up the steepest hill of the race. At least the half mile long hill earlier in the race wasn't nearly as steep. Not that that one was easy, either. Regardless of steepness and length, I walked up all the hills, which is evident in my split times.
Running two 5ks so close together was tiring. Because of travel times I didn't get a good nights sleep Friday night, though Ocean contributed to that by waking up to eat before my alarm went off. So I started off tired and my muscles were still fatigued from Friday's 5k. Despite that, I didn't feel horrible while running. I've definitely felt worse while running races. Pushing the boys added to the challenge of the hills, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I rather enjoy the challenge.
Last week I went on one hike and completed two 5ks. The week before I completed one treadmill workout before we headed out of town for our road trip. Things are settling down a smidge so I'm hoping to be more consistent with my workouts, though I've said that before without actually managing to be more consistent.
In other news, this race marks the half way point of my 40 by 40 goal. It's the 20th race out of 40 I plan on completing, and I'm two months ahead of schedule. Yay me!
9 Races in 2016
Month
|
Event
|
Time
|
January
|
New
Year’s Day 5k
|
33:01
|
February
|
Frostbite
5k
|
37:37
|
February
|
Mud
Run
|
1:35:37
|
March
|
4k
Walk
|
33:19
|
March
|
March
5k
|
33:49
|
March
|
Pi
Day Virtual 5k
|
1:01:30
|
March
|
Obstacle
Race
|
44:06
|
April
|
Glow
Run
|
35:16
|
April
|
April
5k
|
41:15
|
20 Races Towards my 40 by 40 Goal
|
Date
|
Event
|
Distance
|
Event Type
|
1.
|
July 2015
|
4th of July 5k
|
5k
|
Pregnant
|
2.
|
August
|
4 Mile Fun Run
|
4 miles
|
Road Race
|
3.
|
September
|
All Terrain
|
5k
|
Mixed surface
|
4.
|
October
|
Hill Valley Half
|
13.1 miles
|
Virtual half marathon
|
5.
|
October
|
Corn Maze 5k
|
5k
|
Corn Maze
|
6.
|
October
|
Kilted Trail 5k
|
5k
|
Kilted race
|
7.
|
November
|
Trail Half
|
13.6 miles
|
Trail Half
|
8.
|
November
|
Turkey Trot
|
5k
|
Road Race
|
9.
|
December
|
Veteran’s 5k
|
5k
|
Mixed surface
|
10.
|
December
|
Army Virtual Marathon
|
26.23 miles
|
Virtual marathon
|
11.
|
January 2016
|
New Year’s Day 5k
|
5k
|
Road race
|
12.
|
February
|
Frostbite 5k
|
5k
|
Cross country race
|
13.
|
February
|
Mud Run
|
4.8 miles
|
Mud run
|
14.
|
March
|
4k Walk
|
4k
|
Walk
|
15.
|
March
|
March 5k
|
5k
|
Road race
|
16.
|
March
|
Pi Day Virtual 5k
|
5k
|
Virtual 5k Walk
|
17.
|
March
|
10 mile race
|
Not applicable
|
Water stop volunteer
|
18.
|
March
|
Obstacle Race
|
5k
|
Obstacle run
|
19.
|
April
|
Glow Run
|
5k
|
Glow Run, 1st of 2 races in 12 hours
|
20.
|
April
|
April 5k
|
5k
|
Pushing jogger, 2nd of 2 races in 12 hours
|
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