Glow Run Recap

bright colors are a necessity for a glow run

Friday night I ran my first nighttime 5k. It was a glow run with glow-related games before and during the race for the kiddos. So Mr M took the kiddos around to the games while I ran the 5k. Most were a bit too advanced for River, but Sunshine had fun.

it looks like Ocean is wielding a lightsaber behind River

and now he's chewing on the lightsaber. good thing it's not real....

The 5k itself started out quite flat, but the second half had some hills mixed in with the flat portions. I enjoyed the course for the most part, but I didn't enjoy the accompanying weather. It had been raining off and on all day and even sprinkled some in the time leading up to the start of the race. All that moisture in the air meant that the humidity was very high, which is never fun for running. The saving grace was that it wasn't super hot also. It was pleasantly cool if you were just walking around. I warmed up pretty good while running but Sunshine complained of being cold while waiting for me.

Running at dusk was an interesting experience. I've actively avoided running at dusk since I got hit by a van while running at dusk when I was 14. I don't even like driving at dusk because lights glare too much for me. Despite that, there was enough street lights on the course that visibility was pretty good for most of the race. I had on a battery-operated light-up bracelet, but I will probably wear more lights the next time I run a race at night. I started out with a glow necklace as well, but it wouldn't stay together, so I ditched it at the water stop. It was bouncing around and bugging me, so no big loss :)

nighttime group selfies are ridiculously hard to take

Once again, this race was run with very little preparation.  We went for a hike on Thursday, but the next most recent treadmill walk was Tuesday the week before. More than a week between workouts isn't optimal, especially when most of that week was spent in the car, eating junk food. At least it was gluten free junk food and I survived another road trip without getting glutened. I'll take the win.

The race was a smidge short at 3.06 miles, which I ran in 35:16.
1st mile: 10:53
2nd mile: 12:12
3rd mile: 11:41

Tomorrow I'll be posting a recap of the race I ran Saturday morning. Yep, I ran two races in 12 hours. Mark that off my 40 by 40 list.

8 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

19 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