Still battling this sore throat/dry cough thing from AZ. I wanted to PR this race since I have not run an organized 5k since last Thanksgiving. Figured if my body was up for a PR, wonderful....if not, so be it.

A slight downhill start, I felt like I was at a goosd pace, nothing too fast. I let people pass me and repeated my mantra "run YOUR own race" over again and again in my head. It tends to be the only way I can keep myself from blowing up fast.

I hit a few rollers, nothing too steep to write home about. I hit mile 1 at 8:16! WTF? I told myself that was way too fast for me and told myself to slow down and leave something for the finish. I hit mile 2 at 17:26 and had a really nice, long downhill. After mile 2, did not check my watch, figured even at a 10 min mile pace I would still PR! My throat was not feeling bad, some burning in my chest.

Finally got to the turn to go back into the high school and waited until we hit the track to push a bit more. Once in the stadium I picked it up a bit and then at the finally turn, I went all out.

Wound up setting a PR by 2:47!!!!!!! Of course I'm thrilled but there is a part of me that is curious as to how I would have done feeling 100%.

Be healthy, but that's out of my control.

Stretched a bit and had a few slices of orange.


I set a PR, I wonder if I would have been slightly faster if my throat was not bugging me?


It's a small local race, first year. Pretty course, would run it again.