Mommyathlon: 2012 CABA 5K Race Results

Early this morning, around 5:30am, having breakfast with my husband, he asked me what my goal was for this race since that would be my new "PR" moving forward. I stared at him over my bowl of oatmeal wondering what he meant and wondering why I wasn't laying in bed sleeping. "PR" = personal record. So whatever I was about to run, would be my new "PR" and the new time I would try to beat over and over through every other future race. I set it high. I told him I wanted to finish the 5K in under 40 minutes. I didn't ask him because I already knew. He shoots for under 20 minutes. Yes, that would be half of mine, no pressure! I reminded him to grab his sneakers. We got ready and I reminded him to grab his sneakers. We were out the door by 6:30 and right before we left, I reminded him to grab his sneakers again. We got to the race, parked the car and he starts cursing. He forgot his sneakers. Nah, really?! I couldn't help but laugh. Luckily I had a good friend that was on the way to the race and he was kind enough to get the sneakers for us so we didn't have to go back home.

The race began and off we went. I kept it steady and didn't overdo it or try to keep up with the fastest runners. I'm not anywhere near that yet. I got passed by what seemed like hundreds of people and felt like I was standing still. It's a funny phenomenon. A lot of people that don't run regularly, run their hardest at the beginning of a race. The adrenalin is pumping and off they go. Somewhere after that, those of us that have been running regularly, start passing all those that took off with incredible speed at the beginning. I felt much better after the first mile as I started to pass more and more runners. Okay, I didn't feel better, I felt great! I have been working hard for over a month and it is really paying off. I thought about stopping, I didn't. I kept it going steady. I crossed the finish line at a little over 34 minutes!! I beat my goal by almost 6 minutes. JOY! Tomorrow another 5K. The Twilight Run. My new goal, under 35 minutes. Wish me luck!