My Second 5k

I ran my second 5k this morning. My first 5k was in Texas where we live right now. I ran it is 33.5 minutes. I felt pretty good about it seeing as I beat my practice 5k and I haven't been running too long. I used this as a guide to train for the 5k.

I used the same training guide for this 5k, but only did the last two weeks of it.  My second 5k was the Fleet Feet Turkey Trot in American Fork, UT. We are up in Utah visiting family for Thanksgiving. I wanted to run another 5k and thought it would be fun to run with my sister and brother-in-law. I found a 5k and we ran it.

Yesterday I went to the doctor and it turns out I have strep. Just. Great.  Luckily I got on medicine before the pharmacy closed. But I didn't do the 15 minute run I was supposed to. And I felt kind of yucky last night. I honestly didn't know how I was going to do it this morning. I slept ok but not great. When  I woke up I was still a little blah feeling but I got dressed and ready to go.

We drove down to American Fork and got ready to race. There were A LOT of people there. I would say over 500 runners were there. Adrenaline kicked in when the raced started and I was ready to go. I had my ipod in and was listening to the last part of Breaking Dawn. That's right, I said it.  Only a few minutes in though my ipod died (dang it!) and I had to run with nothin' to keep me going.

It was a hard race. We ran through parking lots so there wasn't much of a view. I hadn't trained in this high altitude. I didn't feel like I was breathing enough. I felt weighed down by all my fat.  But I trudged along and made it through the 3 miles.  When we got to the end it was a little confusing. It was actually a 3.1 mile race, but there were so many people that at the end a line formed. I never got my finish line. I was just a sudden stop. And I missed seeing how long it took me to run it. We calculated and I think we ran it in about 33/34 minutes (well Bran and I. Dan ran it in 21 and Mer in 27 minutes). So I am very proud of that!  Especially for having strep and this altitude.

I know there is more running in my future. But now I am ready for the Thanksgiving eat-a-thon to begin. I've earned it.

*****UPDATE*****
Our times were posted online for the race. There were 798 people who ran and completed the race and about 100 that were listed as Did Not Finish. I ran the race in 34:34. I am proud of that.  I placed 35 out of 59 in my age group and placed 491 overall. So I wasn't last place which is great. And for not being a runner I did good. Under 36 minutes is less than 12 minute mile. I am not ashamed!