February 5k Recap

cold winter morning

Saturday I ran my February 5k. This one is going on my 40 by 40 list as a cross country race since it was run on a local high school's cross country course. It was a nice flashback to high school cross country races :)

The course itself was pretty nice, mostly some small hills mixed with flat areas. The worst hill was at the 2.8 mile mark that was very steep, though thankfully also fairly short. Most of the race was alongside a wooded area, but a loop in the middle ran through the woods themselves. I always enjoy running through the woods. The hard part of this race was the temperatures: it was 28 degrees at the start and only warmed up to 30 by the end. Brrrr.

This is a race I'll probably do again since it's fairly local, small, and I liked the course. And it's earlier in the month than the February races I've run in the past, which means there's not such a long gap since the New Year's Day race - 5 weeks instead of 8.

This past week I did 8.12 miles on the treadmill and ran/walked 3.08 during the race. All my time on the treadmill was walking, except for 10 minutes that I ran since I'm easing back into the whole running thing after being sick and not running all of January. Despite the lack of running time I did manage to run a good portion of the race. I've always found it easier to run outside than to run on the treadmill.

I finished 3.08 miles in 37:37. One of my slower 5k times, but considering my under-training and the cold, it was not unexpected. I felt pretty good, so I'm happy with the time.
1st mile: 11:44
2nd mile: 12:57
3rd mile: 12:11

2016 Races

Month	Event	Time
January	New Year’s Day 5k	33:01
February	Frostbite 5k	37:37

40 by 40 Races

	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