I have ran in a few races that I have yet to blog about and I am not going to leave them out because I had some great finishes! Just looking back at my times and the pics has me itching to run again. It's been almost 6 weeks of rest and I am ready to get back out there....may give it a shot in the next day or so and see how it goes.
Back, to the races.
The first race was Ocrober 22, 2011 and I believe it was called the Survivor Challenge. I ran my first 10k there. I was so happy with my time of 53:58. I had really wanted to finish under 55 minutes if possible and I actually managed to finish under 54 minutes!
The second race was November 5, 2011 and it was another 10k. They added a curve to the course because they were afraid that it would end up being too short and we ended up running 6.7 miles. My time was 56:33, so I didn't beat my other 10k time, but in fairness it was longer than a 10k. In that race I came in first in my age division! (Thank you Laura for winning the overall female award so that I had that opportunity--haha!)
Then, I ran a "fun run" on Thanksgiving morning and although it wasn't officially timed, I still had a great run. Plus, what a great way to start off Thanksgiving by banking a few calories before the big meal!
My last race was December 3, 2011. It was the annual hometown "Yule Run" and I had bronchitis at the time. I guess knowing that made me push myself harder. I had ran it the year before with a time of 28:14, so I just wanted to beat that time. Well, I managed to run it in 25:39--my best 5k time EVER! I also came in 2nd in my age division! YAY! I was so happy!!
Here are a few pics from those races:
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| Ready to Run!! |
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| Wrapping up at the 10k |
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| Me and Laura at 10k |
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| Me and Weston at Survivor's Challenge--he did so good!! |
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| Me and Lexy and Ang at Survivor's Challenge |
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| Me and Laura at Survivor's Challenge--our first 10k! |
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| Me at finish of 10k |
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| Me and Laura at the 10k |
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| Laura, Me, and Jenny at Thanksgiving Fun Run |
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| Thanksgiving Fun Run w/ the Savolds! |
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| 5k Yule Run--Check out those funky pants!! |
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| Yule Run! |
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| Me during the Yule Run Race! |
5 comments:
Congrats on accomplishing all of those races Tara! WAY TO GO...I'm so happy for you ! You are so inpsiring!
PS--♥ the funky pants! :)
Congrats on the Races. I am currently working on a 10K myself. Have been using an iPhone App called Personal Running Trainer to get me prepared. So far so good...i think. I did a 10k race last year in March which was my first and haven't run since so I am quite nervous getting back into it. Running is fairly new to me...started about a year ago. I have a 10K race scheduled for April that I am preparing for. It's hard to do it alone. Great job again.
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Been planning to join races but a bit hesitant, your pics just showed me how fulfilling it could be. :-)
good yourself to run everyday. keep going.
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