Surf City 5k

As part of my race a month goal I did a 5K on the 4th of July. Since I was in Cali I did the Huntington Beach Surf City 5K. It was a really big race and there were some very fast people there. Amy said she would do it with me (her second ever 5K) so I was way excited. Then the night before the race Amy's cousin Chantal (a senior in HS) said she has always wanted to do a 5K so she joined in on the fun too. We got to the race with plenty of time for the porta potties and to check out the scene. We made our way to the front of the crowd so that we wouldn't be sitting in traffic with all the runners for the first 1/4 mile. Chantal and I went out pretty fast and finished our first mile right around 7:30 then I just kept trying to hold the pace. It was a really hard pace for me to maintain (even at sea level) but I managed to come in with a PR of 23:29. Woo Hoo!!!

Coming in to the finish

After the race
Amy, Chantal and I

SO happy!!!

January 5K

Well I did it I ran the "Frigid 5K" and it was 14 degrees outside. UGH! But I set a goal to run a race every month of 2009 so there was no choice.

I was a little worried about my hip bothering me but the physical therapy has helped a lot and it didn't hurt at all during the run and is only a little sore right now. We decided that we weren't going to push ourselves hard today and I didn't even wear my Garmin. But we managed to finish the race just over a minute longer than we did the Nutcracker 5K last month. It was a small race (about 71 people). We finished in 25:50. Placed 9th and 10th overall, 3rd and 4th out of all the ladies and 1st and 2nd in our age group. Hooray for small races! And a big thanks to Traci for being just as crazy as I am...I couldn't do it without you!

Traci and I before the race