Race Report ~ St. Patrick's Day 5K

Since I've been training for the Wasatch Back in June, I've planned a couple of smaller races along the way to get me ready. Today was the YMCA St. Patrick's Day 5K. I was able to run it with my long time friend Jocelyn and 2 of the girls who will be running the relay with me in June. We were hoping for a bit better weather but all in all, it was fun. Thank goodness the rain decided to stay away! I dropped Drostan and the kids off at Jocelyn's house so her husband could watch them all (poor Trevor had a 1 legged man and 7 kids all morning... Thank You!!!) and we headed down town. We got Jocelyn registered and got our timing chips. This is not the greatest picture of me, but Joce is a hotty!

Then we found Julie and Emily!

We started off at the back of the pack because I have started too close to the front in my other 2 races I've done and I hate being passed the whole time! lol I told Jocelyn that she did not have to stay with me because I know she's a much faster runner than me but she said she just wanted to run for fun and the sweetheart stayed with me encouraging me almost the whole time! I wasn't feeling very well this morning so I hadn't eaten hardly anything and I felt like I was dragging a 50 lb weight the whole time! She was so good to keep me going and talking to me and telling me stories while I puffed along. I really just wanted to beat my last time from my New Year's race which was 31:52. As we're about 1/3 of the way into the 3rd mile, I told her to go ahead and run as fast as she wanted so she went ahead of me and I chugged on to the end. As I was coming down the final stretch, I saw the huge time clock they had at the finish and it said 34:something. I was crushed! I didn't think I had done that badly. So as soon as I cross the finish, they make an announcement saying that the time clock was for the 5 MILE run that started about 5 minutes before us so my time was actually 29:56! I was thrilled!!! It was a lot of fun! Emily came in right behind me. In our age group, Jocelyn came in 8th, I came in 10th and Emily 11th! Emily and I ran back a ways to run with Julie to the finish. She had felt like she was going to be sick and had to walk a bit but we all made it. It really was a lot of fun.

I wish I had some pictures of us running but maybe next time. My next race I have scheduled is the Famous Potato 10K on May 17th!