Race Report :D

 This morning I ran the "Stony Brook Hospital 22nd Annual Run For Children 5k" and as my first race since July 2009, it was a great success!   I'm really glad that I've started this blog and posted a few times about running this race because if I didn't have that accountability I might not have dragged myself out of bed this morning.  I had major anxiety about it yesterday and this morning and had thought about just skipping it; but if i'm going to compete kick-ass in a tri-athalon this summer, I have to start taking action now.

The weather was AMAZING,  around 60 degrees and sunny, and the course was a hilly loop through beautiful tree-lined streets.  My finishing time was. . . 23:19, which is just about 7:30 pace :)  In this post, I had mentioned wanting to get under 23 min., but I am very happy with my time especially since it was on a decently hilly course.  From mile 2 to about 2 3/4 the race was all uphill, and being that it was the end of race and I was dead, it was rough.  I'm proud to say that I kept a pretty steady pace, I went out in a 7:10 first mile and then kept it around 7:40 for the last 2 miles.  Often times I go out way to fast, run a 6 min first mile and then die out and finish with 8 min miles.  I felt very relaxed through the 1st mile, then started to feel it in my gut halfway through the 2nd mile especially on the uphills.  I kinda felt like I was going to get sick throughout the 2nd half of the race but I hung in there, kicked it in hard and it paid off. . .

3rd in my division/ 6th female out of 201/ 28th overall out of 358

That is totally the cutest medal I have ever won :)

And they had pumpkin painting for the kids:

I'm already looking for another road race to do within the next month.  I'd like to at least run under 23 min, but really I want to break 22:30.  Actually if it's a flat course I think I could go sub 22 :D

ETA:

Distance	5K
Clock Time	23:19.0
Overall Place	28 / 358
Gender Place	6 / 201
Division Place	3 / 24
Age Grade	63.5%
Sextotal	201
Divtotal	24
Pace	7:31

Full Results Here