June 5k Recap

my running buddy for this race

Saturday I ran the 5k that I've run the last 4 years. I've run it twice while pregnant and this was the third time running it while pushing a kiddo in the jogger. This year it was Ocean's turn in the jogger and now all three kiddos have had a turn being pushed by me in this race. I think next year my goal is to run it without being pregnant and without pushing a kiddo in the jogger. I wonder how much my time would improve...

Ocean was tired, but managed to stay awake the whole race. 

Here he's just looking bored while we waited for the race to start.

The weather is always hot and humid for this race and this year was no exception. The difference this year was the fog- usually it's sunny. The temps were slightly cooler than usual, if mid-70s can be called cooler, but the fog ratcheted up the humidity. It was brutal. So much sweat everywhere. I'm just glad I wasn't pushing both boys in the stroller, which was my original plan. Ocean is much lighter than River and Bob steers better than Phil does when running.

Despite the heat and humidity, I ran 3.08 miles in 39:21, which is a 12:47 pace. This is my 2nd fastest time (barely!) running this race. The hills in this race are made more challenging by the weather, but I still like this race and the fact that it raises money for veteran's groups.
1st mile: 12:00
2nd mile: 14:05
3rd mile: 12:39

2016 39:21, pushed Ocean in the jogger
2015 41:19, pregnant with Ocean (34 weeks)
2014 38:11, pushed River in the jogger
2013 40:02, pregnant with River (23 weeks)
2012 39:23, pushed Sunshine in the jogger

This was also the first run of the another two-run day, just like last Saturday. The evening race was a lot easier than last week's evening race though. More on that tomorrow.

13th race 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
April	Evening Run	34:59
May	May 5k	35:18
May	Evening Cross Country Race	43:17
June	June 5k	39:21

25th race 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
21.	April	Evening Run	5k	Evening run
22.	May	10k Kayak Race	10k	Kayak race
23.	May	May 5k	5k	5k, 1st of 2 races in same day
24.	May	Evening CC Race	5k	Evening cross country, 2nd of 2 races in same day
25.	June	June 5k	5k	Pushing jogger, 1st of 2 races in same day