New Year's Eve 5k Recap

We closed out the year with an evening 5k glow run Saturday.

I have new respect for my parents loading us kids up and taking us to the midnight 5k when I was a teenager. I'm the second oldest, so while I was a teenager, the youngest kids certainly weren't.

This race started at 5:30 rather than a quarter to midnight like the one we ran as kids, which was much easier to handle, in my opinion. We were home between 7:30 and 8, and the boys were in bed asleep not long after that. River fell asleep on the drive home, but Ocean stayed awake the entire race and drive home- not sure how he managed that.

The rest of us took snacks to the basement and watched Star Wars episode IV. Sunshine only lasted till about 10-10:15 before falling asleep, so we only watched the one movie. She was so excited to stay up and watch movies, but just couldn't do it. The race wore her out :)

I had planned on walking every day last week to get ready for this race, but that didn't happen. I did a little bit of yard work earlier in the week when I wasn't feeling too bad, but that seemed to knock me back health-wise. I spent the rest of the week feeling crummy. The kids seem to be up and down as well. I do think we're finally on the mend though.

It was 43 degrees and windy. The wind wasn't too much of a problem though since the buildings on the university campus we were running on blocked a lot of the wind. Like 99% of the races around here, it was a hilly course. Not the worst hills I've run, but Sunshine didn't appreciate them.

I ran exactly 3.10 miles in 43:47. Not my best time, but not my worst either. I'd half-planned on walking the whole thing because of being sick, so I'm actually really happy with how much I was able to run. The boys were in the stroller and Sunshine ran and walked with me. She did really well, despite not feeling very well also.

1st mile: 13:30
2nd mile: 15:28
3rd mile: 13:42

I've decided I'm not a huge fan of evening races. I think it's actually evening events in general though. I don't like having to watch the clock all day to make sure I have time to do everything. It stresses me out. I'd rather get my obligations done first thing and have the flexibility to do what I want, when I want, later in the day.

after the race

Weekly Mileage:
Saturday: 3.1 miles
     total miles: 3.1 miles


43 Races towards my 40 by 40 Goal (because I'm an overachiever)

	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
41.	November	Turkey Trot	5k	All 3 kiddos, 7th year in a row running this race
42.	December	December 5k	5k	5k road race, new course, temps in the 20s
43.	December	New Year’s Eve 5k	5k	5k glow run

31st 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
29.	November	5k Turkey Trot	41:59
30.	December	December 5k	34:16
31.	December	New Year’s Eve 5k	43:47