Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. I'm totally slacking. Right after the half marathon I slowed down a bit on the running......and by "slowed down" I mean I did two 5k's in May. On May 12th, Darcy and I ran our first one together - it was called "See Spot Run" and was on the MTSU campus. I was a little worried that the whole event would be a little bit of sensory overload for her. Yeah, she's use to people and pets at the clinic but a gate holds her back and prevents her from going completely bananas over everyone.....sort of. There were probably about 100 dogs there and my sweet girl maintained composure from 0-3.1 and rocked it out in 28:21. So proud of her and definitely looking forward to more in the future.
The next one I did was on Memorial Day. I always say that a paid day off of work should be started out with a race. I was especially excited for this one because I had managed to convince my co-worker, Kendra, to make this her very first 5k. It was a little hot, and a lot hilly but we had a great run (official time was 30:15) and we even placed 3rd in our age group! Shoulda stayed for the awards. I try not to do the same event twice and I think this is especially true for this race. The course went through a crappy beat up parking lot at Greer Stadium and I would be amazed if everyone made it out injury-free. It was an accident waiting to happen.
Of course, my partner in crime, Molly, joined the fun as well. Such a great day for a race and Kendra totally caught the racing fever and wants to do more. I have informed her several times that 5k's are the gateway drug to half-marathons! It's gonna happen :)
I didn't know you made third place! That's awesome!
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