Jingle Bell Run

Yep, that's right. Two races in one day! I know I'm crazy, but oh well. Bopper and Matt and Turtle ran it too and Lindsey was thinking about it so there were going to be some non-runners that I figured I would just chill with and take it easy given my morning. Well I pretty much lost all three of them right off the bat because it was so frickin' crowded. So once I could, I picked up the pace a little to try to at least catch Bopper, but I apparently missed her at some point. Ended up actually setting a PR! That's two in one day! hahaha. I didn't get everyone else's times so I'll just post mine for this one. I actually coulda dropped probably another 30 seconds since I got bogged down at the beginning. Maybe I'll try to be more in the front next year. ;-)

16:17 (PR)

Gulf Winds Track Club 5 mile race and 10 mile challenge

Beautiful morning for a run. Weather was just about perfect. I did the 5 mile (8 kilometer) race. The course was definitively rolling hills. I don't think there was a single flat section in the entire race. It was an out and back route and overheard that the back was more uphill than the out. AWESOME! Definitely a challenging course and I went out a little harder than I meant to, but I set a PR so I was pretty stoked!

45:55 (PR)

The Spooky Sprint 5k

Started at the YWCA and it was a nice rolling hill route through Bristol. None of the hills were bad so we kept a pretty decent pace. I've only been running once a week, but have been keeping a decent pace so I was interested to see how the third mile would go. It was mid-50s when we started so the weather was just about perfect. It was fun to have another race with mom. They are few and far between now that I'm in Tally. Also cool to set a PR though there is a little doubt that the course was the right length. I'm sticking with it :-)

27:39 (PR)

Mom - 27:39 (PR)

Habitat for Humanity 5k (Tallahassee)

This one actually counted as a community service for wakeboard club since we had 10 people running in it. Weather was not too hot, but pretty humid. Staying up drinking til 5 is not the best way to prepare for a 9am race though. One day I'll learn.

31:45

Turtle - 25:30

Rhythm and Roots 5k

Pretty sure this was the same route as last year. A little cool which was a very welcome change from Tallahassee weather. Probably could've benefit from some carbo loading that didn't entirely consist of beer. ;-) Mom did the walk with our friends from AZ so she didn't get to run, but hopefully will next time.

29:47

Lauren - 24:35

Turtle - 25:11

Crazy 8's 8k

Race at 10pm in Kingsport. Fairly cool (at least compared to Tallahasse). Not too bad of a course, same as last year. After not sleeping thursday night and boarding about 5 times in the days prior my quads were ridiculously sore and I had low hopes, but really surprised myself and ended up with a PR! Can't argue with that.

51:47 (PR)
Mom - 51:46
Lauren - 40:43
Turtle - 43:25

Cinco De Mayo 5k

Brutal course. It was all through downtown Nashville. Hot and very very humid. Long rolling hills the entire course. I think they violated some laws of physics to make us go uphill a lot more than we went down. Even the finish we had a huge long uphill, then a turnaround and the last like .03 miles were downhill. Dad said there were people in the top 10-15 that were walking on the last hill. That's how much it sucked. Our preparation for the race didn't really help either since we flew in from Hawai'i and got to Nashville that morning. All-in-all I wasn't too displeased with the time especially considering this was probably close to our hardest 5k to date.

31:19

Mom - 30:50

Run for the Cookies 5k

Started at Tallahassee Community College and basically ran around some of the roads behind it. Very slight rolling hills but overall pretty flat. It was fun having some other folks involved. A little brisk, probably high 40s, which was a little cold for my throat but perfect for my body. All in all kept a lot better pace than I expected considering my first run since before christmas was this past monday and DDR on tuesday was my only other exercise.

29:14

Keith - 23:36

Arturo - 25:23

Christine - 38:46