Ran the 2016 Haddonfield Adrenaline 5k this morning in what was my first race of 2016, and my first race since the Turkey Trot last November.
As I've mentioned plenty, I haven't been training very hard this winter. I usually run 7 miles on Wednesday night with my running group, and every once in awhile I'll bump it up to 3 miles when out on my own, but this winter has mostly been a series of one mile runs to keep up the running streak. I've lost fitness and definitely gained weight in the past few months. I also had plenty of beer and pizza from last night still weighing me down this morning.
All this to say I was not expecting to race well this morning. I wouldn't have been surprised if I had run well over twenty minutes.
Stevie decided to run this year as well, so we drove over to Haddonfield around 8am, parked at the Haddonfield Running Company, then walked over to the high school which was the start and finish of the race. Stevie took Neale in the stroller to the back of the 1,000 runner field, and I joined the Who's Up? folk towards the front.
The course goes down Kings Highway, Haddonfield's main drag, veers left into the neighborhood, tackles one minor hill around mile 2 before coming back to Kings Highway for the final stretch. It was a perfect day for a race - no snow like we had last year.
Erik and I took off together and stuck with each other for most of the race. My race strategy for 5k's is usually to just run hard at the beginning but try to save some for the end where I try to pick off as many runners as I can. But in the homestretch I was just over it and wanted the race to be over.
Final stats:
19:31
15th in my age group (out of 46)
147th overall (out of 922)
Maybe some day I'll break the top 100.
Erik came in just behind me in 19:37, which was a post high school PR for him.
After finishing I walked back down Kings Highway to find Stevie and run in with her. I had planned to take the stroller from her, but Stevie wanted to keep going.
She finished in 33:49 which is a stroller PR for her.
I know that I've said this before, but imagine what I could do in the 5k if I dedicated my time and energy to it the way I have to the marathon in the past. Since I'm not running a marathon this year, this seems like the perfect goal. Can I PR in the 5k at the age of 34? Can I really run a sub 18 minute 5K? I think I'm excited to try.
In the meantime, thanks Haddonfield Running Company, as always, for putting on a great race!
As I've mentioned plenty, I haven't been training very hard this winter. I usually run 7 miles on Wednesday night with my running group, and every once in awhile I'll bump it up to 3 miles when out on my own, but this winter has mostly been a series of one mile runs to keep up the running streak. I've lost fitness and definitely gained weight in the past few months. I also had plenty of beer and pizza from last night still weighing me down this morning.
All this to say I was not expecting to race well this morning. I wouldn't have been surprised if I had run well over twenty minutes.
Stevie decided to run this year as well, so we drove over to Haddonfield around 8am, parked at the Haddonfield Running Company, then walked over to the high school which was the start and finish of the race. Stevie took Neale in the stroller to the back of the 1,000 runner field, and I joined the Who's Up? folk towards the front.
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| Who's Up? Photo by Ron Riskie |
The course goes down Kings Highway, Haddonfield's main drag, veers left into the neighborhood, tackles one minor hill around mile 2 before coming back to Kings Highway for the final stretch. It was a perfect day for a race - no snow like we had last year.
Erik and I took off together and stuck with each other for most of the race. My race strategy for 5k's is usually to just run hard at the beginning but try to save some for the end where I try to pick off as many runners as I can. But in the homestretch I was just over it and wanted the race to be over.
Final stats:
19:31
15th in my age group (out of 46)
147th overall (out of 922)
Maybe some day I'll break the top 100.
Erik came in just behind me in 19:37, which was a post high school PR for him.
After finishing I walked back down Kings Highway to find Stevie and run in with her. I had planned to take the stroller from her, but Stevie wanted to keep going.
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| In the homestretch Photo by Wayne Partenheimer |
She finished in 33:49 which is a stroller PR for her.
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| Photo by Wayne Partenheimer |
I know that I've said this before, but imagine what I could do in the 5k if I dedicated my time and energy to it the way I have to the marathon in the past. Since I'm not running a marathon this year, this seems like the perfect goal. Can I PR in the 5k at the age of 34? Can I really run a sub 18 minute 5K? I think I'm excited to try.
In the meantime, thanks Haddonfield Running Company, as always, for putting on a great race!
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