New Years Day 5K

Every year the Charlottesville Track Club puts on a New Years Day 5K.   I had a good run, and lowered my 5K PR.  (Every runner’s new years resolution is to set a PR, right?  Well, now I can be lazy for the rest of the year).  When I got home, I got another surprise.  The good news was that I came in second in my age group.  The bad news was that my age group was FEMALE 30-34.    Ooops, somebody messed up.  (Looking at the results now, it looks like this has been fixed, and I placed 5th in my actual age group).

The race itself was pretty good.  It was below 30 degrees when we got there.  But less than a half mile in, I was already over-dressed.  It was slightly rolling, but a good course.   With about a quarter mile to go, I actually got passed by a joggler.  I have never seen another joggler in C’ville, and immediatly regretted not joggling this race.  (The joggler actually dropped right next to me.  I could feel his pain).  In the end, I crossed the finish line at 24:33.  (My wife was right behind me).

On a semi-related note, my wife got me The Spirit of the Marathon for my birthday.  I quite enjoyed it.  This year I’d really like to get more “into” running, and I think this movie will help.  (I am also going to start downloading the Endurance Planet Podcasts again.)   I think my favorite part of the movie was when one of the guys demonstrated how his treadmill didn’t even go as fast as the elite runners.  Too funny.