This was the second time the three of us ran this race. We ran this race one year ago, which was our first taste of running races, so today was a fun anniversary for us to mark the year's passing. Perhaps "fun" should be in "quotes." :) Hey Andrew, post a bit RE: thoughts about the day.
We had the big fires the week before this race, so E and I didn't run even though we'd planned to do a few tune up runs. Despite missing those tune ups, I beat my time from last year, and also met my goal of running at a sub-8min/mi pace. This was also my first race in the new shoes. The McAlliSTING was on as I barely squeaked past AH for the W. Emily and I took home the 3rd place division awards which was a ceramic Halloween-themed coffee mug.
I almost choked during the run and had to walk for a few steps to get over it. I know AH was complaining of tunnel vision, and E was also a bit dizzy. Hmm, everybody to the limit!..? A couple gals ran in prison uniforms with a chain connecting them together - a cute idea. There were a few other costumes, too. It'd be fun to run in a costume sometime, I think. We missed getting a picture by the "Finish" banner, so we got a group shot behind the race organizer's truck, which had all the pumpkins in the back. E's going to bake up some pumpkin goodies today, I think. Bread and perhaps cookies!
Pumpkin Run 5K, 2007 Stats (hopefully no errors):
Name: AM
Bib: 203
Time: 24:22
Pace: 7.86 min/mi
Place: 27 of 89 (top 30.3%)
DivPlace: 3 of 8 (top 37.5%)
SexPlace: 18 of 45 (top 40%)
Name: AH
Bib: 205
Time: 24:36
Pace: 7.94 min/mi
Place: 29 of 89 (top 32.6%)
DivPlace: 4 of 8 (top 50%)
SexPlace: 20 of 45 (top 44.4%)
Name: E
Bib: 14
Time: 34:34
Pace: 11.15 min/mi
Place: 68 of 89 (top 76.4%)
DivPlace: 3 of 6 (top 50%)
SexPlace: 31 of 44 (top 70.5%)
