10K Race

Caleb and Carter expressed an interest in running a race, so I signed them up at a local race on November 11th where they had a 1 mile run for kids. The distance turned out to be closer to a 1/2 mile than a mile, but they both had fun and did well. Caleb got 1st place and Carter got 6th!

I signed up for the 10K and realized belatedly that it was a trail run. Whenever I've run a trail run (my Ragnar) it slowed down my time quite a bit, and I'm always looking to PR. Surprisingly, I did run a personal best with 7:38 miles! The other shocking news is that I got 2nd place out of all the women that ran so I got awarded a special medal and prize at the awards ceremony (as did Caleb). It was kind of fun. 1st place, a good friend and neighbor who used to live across the street, smoked me by quite a bit with a 6:40 mile pace. I don't know the total number who ran the race, but it was relatively small--maybe 30 - 40 participants for the 10K.

Now it's time to keep this pace but increase the mileage as I get ready for my next half marathon in March.