Monday, November 21, 2016

Two Mile Cross Country Race Recap


Saturday I ran a two mile race on an actual high school cross country course. It had some nice rolling hills- nothing super steep. The course was completely on grassy fields, so it was a cross country race in that respect as well. This was the second two mile race in a row and I quite like the two mile distance. I liked this race and will probably run it again.

I ran 1.99 miles in 22:24. There were more hills in the second mile, so I spent more time walking, and my time reflects that.
1st mile: 10:31
2nd mile: 11:53

I actually added 1.46 miles to the race distance just walking back and forth from the car to the start of the race- they were that far apart.

One thing to note on this race: I had to fill out a paper entry form and mail it in with a check. I haven't had to do that in years! Very old school. They were looking for volunteers for a variety of things though, so I think they want to bring things a little more up to date for next year.

This race also marked the 40th race since I started my 40 by 40 goal less than a year and a half ago! I have three more races planned for this year, and a few more before my birthday in June, but I will be scaling waaaay back on the number of races I run after the new year. I'll be doing another post about my plans for the rest of the time left in my 40 by 40 goal and my thoughts on the 40 by 40 goal itself.

Weekly Mileage:
Monday- walked 3.54 miles on the treadmill
Thursday- took the kids hiking at our local trails park- 1.54 miles
Saturday- 2 mile cross country race + 1.46 miles walked = 3.45 miles
         total miles for the week: 8.53 miles

28th race in 2016


Month
Event
Time
1.
January
New Year’s Day 5k
33:01
2.
February
Frostbite 5k
37:37
3.
February
Mud Run
1:35:37
4.
March
4k Walk
33:19
5.
March
March 5k
33:49
6.
March
Pi Day Virtual 5k
1:01:30
7.
March
Obstacle Race
44:06
8.
April
Glow Run
35:16
9.
April
April 5k
41:15
10.
April
Evening Run
34:59
11.
May
May 5k
35:18
12.
May
Evening Cross Country Race
43:17
13.
June
June 5k
39:21
14.
June
1 Mile Glow Run
11:38
15.
June
Vineyard 5k
39:10
16.
July
July 5k
35:53
17.
August
Predict Your Time 5k
37:41
18.
August
August 5k
35:45
19.
August
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
1:49:17
20.
August
4 Mile Run
45:20
21.
September
Labor Day 5k
46:54
22.
September
1 Mile Color Run
18:25
23.
September
3.5 Mile Trail Run
41:07
24.
October
Run Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
49:55
25.
October
Flat Trail 5k
33:47
26.
October
Halloween Trail 5k
37:06
27.
November
Two Mile Road Race
20:55
28.
November
Two Mile Cross Country Race
22:24


































40th 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, 1st in age group
6.
October
Kilted Trail 5k
5k
Kilted race
7.
November
Trail Half
13.6 miles
Trail Half, last finisher
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
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
26.
June
1 Mile Glow Run
1 mile
Pushing jogger with both boys, 2nd of 2 races in same day, glow run
27.
June
Vineyard 5k
5k
Vineyard run
28.
July
July 5k
5k
Road race
29.
August
Predict Your Time 5k
5k
Predict your time
30.
August
August 5k
5k
Road race
31.
August
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
10k
Virtual 10k run
32.
August
4 Mile Run
4 miles
Road race
33.
September
Labor Day 5k
5k
With all 3 kiddos
34.
September
1 Mile Color Run
1 mile
Color run, Sunshine’s first solo race, River’s first race
35.
September
3.5 Mile Trail Run
3.5 miles
Trail run
36.
October
Run Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
5k
Virtual 5k run
37.
October
Flat Trail 5k
5k
Travel to race, trail run, ran w/o stopping, 2nd in age group
38.
October
Halloween Trail 5k
5k
Trail run, in costume, in a vineyard
39.
November
Two Mile Road Race
2 miles
2 miles, road race
40.
November
Two Mile Cross Country Race
2 miles
2 miles, cross country race, paper entry form

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