This race was an extremely tough one for me as I was not completely recovered from a very sore leg. To make matters worse, I did not sleep Friday night due to kidney stone related pains. I did not pass a stone, but my right kidney was putting me through a fair amount of pain for nearly twelve hours spanning from around 5:00PM Friday evening to 5:00AM Saturday morning.
Much to my delight, my family attended this Saturday morning (9:00 AM) event. We entered my oldest son, Dylan, into a one mile fun run once we got the Hershey Medical Center race course. It was a beautiful day for a run and there were nearly 250 runners for the event. The race was run by an organization named Pretzel City Sports http://www.pretzelcitysports.com and specifically by a gentleman named Ron Horn. I believe this is the third PCS sponsored event I have completed.
While I was warming up for this race I could feel my leg was not 100% and was extremely concerned I may be looking at a DNF (Did Not Finish). In large part because I had not run for three days, I had a great amount of energy in reserve and ran a very consistent race. Since I have been training at distances of six to ten miles recently, I had enough energy to have a small kick at the end of this race. I crossed the finished line sprinting, which was a new feeling for me.
I finished with a new 5K personal record of 24 minutes and 50 seconds, just two seconds shy of averaging an 8 minute per mile pace. After reviewing the race results, I determined I was 5th of 14 runners in my age group (45-49) and were I of the female persuasion, would have garnered a first place medal for my age group. I placed 94th out of 269 runners. (top 35 percentile)
Split Times:
(mile, split, total)
0.25 - 01:53, 01:53
0.50 - 01:51, 03:44
0.75 - 01:52, 05:36
1.00 - 02:15, 07:51
1.25 - 02:16, 10:07
1.50 - 02:15, 12:22
1.75 - 02:05, 14:27
2.00 - 01:57, 16:24
2.25 - 02:03, 18:27
2.50 - 02:08, 20:35
2.75 - 02:23, 22:58
3.00 - 01:50, 24:48
3.01 - 24:50
This race only registered 3.01 miles on my Garmin 305 GPS watch.
After the race, I ran with my son Dylan in a one mile fun run. One mile is way too much for him right now, but we finished. He received his second participation medal as a result. I really hope that in time he becomes involved with athletics in general.
Next Race: Sunday June14th- Orange Classic 10K in Middletown NY. This will be my first race where there is prize money to be won. The winner of this race gets $1500. This race draws runners from Kenya, Ethiopia, S. Africa. Unless a tornado claims the 256 runners likely to be ahead of me, it's safe to say I will not earn any taxable income from the proceeds of this race.
http://www.classic10k.com/index.htm
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