Me and my biggest fan! Well, I did it! I ran my first 10k - the
Columbia Turkey Chase 10k and relay race. It was an awesome race and great day to run. It was downright cold to start, but warmed up real quick. Holly, one of my friends from the running page, ran as well.
Grabbed a few photos before the start. Waited inline for the porta potties too (there were only 6)...the line was quite long.
Here we go!!
My husband kept the kids busy while I ran.
They made an awesome sign for me to see as I crossed the finish line and in their excitement to hold it up my camera dropped. I got my finish photo from my cell phone, and for once it took a good picture!
They said the course would be a flat out and back course. It was
certainly not what I would call flat - nice decent size hill around mile
2.5 which wasn't so bad the first go around, but not so fun after the
turn around. Overall the race went really well! I finished in 1:02:48 - 263 out of 511 overall and 26 out of 50 for female age group. Right in the middle of the pack; not bad for my first 10k. I started off at the 8:30/9min pace and settled in around 9:30/10min pace and finished the last mile around 11min pace. Averaged out to a 10minute pace for the whole thing - I'll take it!!! I will definitely do this race again next year especially if the swag is the same!!!!
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