as i mentioned in my last post, i was looking forward to this race, and i was not disappointed! i got a new PR of 24:31, beating my old one (which incidentally was from last year's coogan's -- i don't do a lot of 5ks) by more than a minute! as a plus, i also got a new bib pace, a much-coveted-by-me 7:55! woohoo! very excited.
other notes:
-the hills in this course are for real but i kinda like 'em. no knee pain at all this race, not even on the downhills!
-the musicians and the pretty scenery make this race fun
-i think it's the front runners club that always shows up with great support for their runners (well, everyone actually)
-for the first time ever, the port-a-john seats were clean and there was toilet paper! one even had sanitizer!
-thanks to the random stranger who asked me pre-race if there was a marathon going on, and when i told him it was a 5k, said "that's not bad" and wished me luck
-waiting to pay the parking lot cashier sucked
-i actually found coogan's this time but didn't go after the race
feeling pretty good about the PR and new bib pace. now i'm eyeing those 10k and HM PRs... hoping to take a shot at them in the upcoming months. i have the HM next month and then two 10k's before i start marathon training.
woot woot! huge congrats on the new records! i'm glad you had fun. this seems like a fun race. :)
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