Originally I signed up for the 1/2 mostly because the medal was super cool and it seemed like the timing would be good. I am in no way trained for a 1/2 right now and the prospect of limping thru another race, doing poorly, again, and probably coming out of it injured was not appealing. I was just not going to go but then I saw they had a 10K and dropped to that. This was actually the perfect distance for me right now.

This was a training run for me. Even on a good day I have no hope of placing or doing well anyway so all running races are pretty much for training. I just ran at my own pace and let people pass me as they always do. Seriously old ladies with walkers pass me. I ran the first 14 minutes then walked one and the rest was pretty much on a 9:1. I ran a little extra to get to an aide station once and walked up a hill. I was making pretty even 12 minute-ish miles and stayed on that the whole way very evenly. I know in the grander scheme of running this is pathetically slow but I will take it with a smile. Ironically this is only the 2nd stand alone 10K I have done

I thought if I were a VERY good girl I could go under 1:15. I also knew it was possible to be as slow as 1:30 and a good chance I would be somewhere in between so I am very pleased with my pokey 1:14 and only one new blister.

Train more :) Seriously this is good for the current state of my body, training and fitness

Walked around, got some food, had 1/2 a beer but I was soaking wet and started to get cold so I went home


Lack of training and I am fat


This was a well done race. We started about 20 minutes late but I have no idea why because the PA system was not working well. I would do another of their races without hesitation