Freedom 5k

Started the day bright and early (well, not too bright, gloomy and rainy) to do the Run Tex Freedom 5k this morning. My friend Emily came in last night from 2 days on the road and, well she wanted to do it! So I obliged. We took off from our house around 7:30, drove near the start and then jogged in. Picked up our chips, chatted to some friends and by 8:00 (8:15?) we were off. It is one heck of a lovely day here for July 4th, rain rain rain! It just won't stop. But that is ok, if there is anything I enjoy doing in the rain (besides swimming) it is running.

We took off and I felt good, strong the first mile. But I tried to keep it under control, as my approach was that this was just a really good Tempo workout. I came through mile 1 in 5:40 (someone was calling out the pace, I never start my watch) which was good but not terribly fast. Then I got passed by a girl, she just cruised by me! I didn't like that. But, I also knew that in a 5k I usually don't have 'another gear' so I just kept her right in front of me. We turned around and then came to mile 2 in what they said as 11:15, which meant...wow! I dropped my pace to a 5:35 second mile. I then moved past the woman leading, which I was fortunately able to do with 'relative' ease, and finished with anything I had left. I came through in a 17:41, which I'll take! I think my best time is around 17:20-17:30 so that is no too far off, for a bit of a last minute race decision and running on somewhat tired legs. Emiliy and her brother Eddie finished right around 22 minutes, only 3 seconds apart! Eddie beat Emily, I don't know why she let him do that. :) In any case it was a fun start to the 4th! I'll hit up a hard-ish bike ride later and then we'll prep for our big bash, which we plan to grill out for. We'll see, hopefully mother nature gives us a small window this evening of good weather! Happy 4th to ya'll, from Austin. Yee-Haw. And thanks for reading!