I didn't plan on doing this race, but our friend Melissa was going to do it, so why not. Unfortunately we didn't communicate to well and she ended up paying for non-competitive and I paid for competitive, so we started the race in two completely different groups. Now that I have completed the race, I would have to say that even if your not-competitive and don't care about having your time tracked, pay for the compeitive. There were 1500 or so competitive runners, so we started off pretty quick and there wasn't a lot of walking or traffic dodging. There were about 8000+ people in the non-competitive group, no thanks.
The race was just an out and back, with some gradual hills and a couple turns. I pushed it pretty hard and was at the first mile in under 8 minutes. I think it was about the same for the next mile. In the end I finished the race in 42:03, with a 8:25 pace. My current 5K pace is 8:32, and my current 10K pace is 9:20, so my speed training looks to be helping out.
The race was fun and so was the subsequent parade, but seeing Melissa and meeting her husband Dwayne was the best part of the day.
The race was just an out and back, with some gradual hills and a couple turns. I pushed it pretty hard and was at the first mile in under 8 minutes. I think it was about the same for the next mile. In the end I finished the race in 42:03, with a 8:25 pace. My current 5K pace is 8:32, and my current 10K pace is 9:20, so my speed training looks to be helping out.
The race was fun and so was the subsequent parade, but seeing Melissa and meeting her husband Dwayne was the best part of the day.
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