Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Labor Day 5k Recap

my running/walking partners and I - they're busy eating gluten free chocolate zucchini muffins

In scoping out local race calendars I found a Labor Day 5k in the same town I ran the glow 5k in the spring.  It claimed to be walker-friendly, so I signed Sunshine and myself up and planned out how to wake up everyone super early in the morning.

Thankfully, the race was indeed walker-friendly, and we weren't the only ones with kiddos in a jogging stroller. I even spied a triple jogger!

Sunshine doesn't love doing races, but she humors me when I do sign her up for one. I'm careful not to have her do too many, and I keep hoping she'll start enjoying them more. For this race I let her dictate when we ran, though when we walked I made sure we didn't go too slowly.  We jogged a little at the beginning, but walked most of the rest of it. We did run into the finish, though Sunshine had to be encouraged to do so. She doesn't quite see the point of running through the finish :)

Sunshine did really well, though I credit the fact that she got distracted and started planning an elaborate treehouse made of willow trees. We passed a large willow tree that sparked her imagination and she talked the whole time we walked. Being distracted meant there wasn't the usual whining and complaining, so I'll count it as a win.

This 5k is going on the list as a 5k completed with all three kiddos. We did a glow run together earlier in the summer, but that was only one mile.

The weather was perfect for running- clear and in the mid-50's. The course is actually flat, which is super hard to find around here. It's run in the same neighborhoods as the 5k glow run, but the course is a little different. The glow run had a couple hills and this one didn't. I'd like to do this one next year and see what kind of PR I can get. I'm pretty sure I can get a good one on this course.

We completed 3.07 miles in 46:54. I didn't have expectations for a finish time since Sunshine was a part of the equation, but we did pretty good. I think the last time Sunshine and I did a 5k together was the Halloween 5k in 2013, and we completed that in 50:00.
    1st mile: 14:17
    2nd mile: 16:13
    3rd mile: 15:48

21st 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
June
1 Mile Glow Run
11:38
June
Vineyard 5k
39:10
July
July 5k
35:53
August
Predict Your Time 5k
37:41
August
August 5k
35:45
August
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
1:49:17
August
4 Mile Run
45:20
September
Labor Day 5k
46:54


























33rd 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
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

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