Two weeks in a row! First the good news. I have participated in a run for two weekends in a row now here in Fredericksburg! Last week was the Miles for Marley Run. What a fun filled, family orientated event, and for a great cause. After the run, there was frozen yogurt and BBQ! This weekend I ran the Wildflower Run and had a good time (get the pun, my running friends? :-) ). Met up with several of the "gals" from work and there were several others from HEB running as well. Also, I got beat by the "cancer guy" ....AGAIN, and yes he was still stopping to take pictures and to encourage others. The bad new, I have managed to get "off course" (for those of you who know me, I sure this comes as a complete shock!) and get lost at both races!
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| Miles for Marley -Logo on the course |
During the Miles for Marley race, I think I was too busy encouraging, or being encouraged by my coworker, Sandra (ok we were talking and not paying attention to the arrows marking the course). We ended up missing a turn for the 5k and finished the race with the people running the mile route. I KNEW we messed up somewhere when I saw the finish line and the clock said 24 minutes! We even beat Sandra's daughter to the finish line! I think we walked about a mile and a half. I decided to re-walk the course so I could claim the 5k but I didn't time myself. So I'm calling it a "NOT" (No Official Time) as opposed to a DNF (Did Not Finish)!
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| We did it...and we survived! 2013 Wildflower Run |
Yesterday, at the Wildflower Run almost everyone missed a turn, because the arrow marking the turn for the 5K was missing. I thought it was odd that there was an arrow for the "Mile Fun Run" but nothing for the 5 and 10K. Everyone was ended down the street when a the leaders were heading back yelling "turn around 5k and 10K is the other way". It was a bit chaotic and after the race the serious racers were a bit (!) upset. I only went about a block and half the wrong way though so I'm not complaining. I also think even with the "extra" leg, the course is not a full 5k. My garmin watch indicates that I ran only 2.58 miles and had a pace of 13:46/mile, which sounds correct. My official pace is was something like 11:19 which would be close to a PR for me, and being so humid and my lack of ummm trainning, make me doubt the 11:19. I also thought the course was short last year! It was still a great time though!
Next week our store is having its own 5k so I'm going for 3 weeks in a row!
Well, gotta run!
