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After running the Sandoval Goodwill 5K on Memorial Day I kept telling myself to write the race review or I would forget the details. So now here we are almost a month later, and I have forgotten most of the details. But, I remember the important ones. Like:
1. I remember that it was HOT. No, like, really REALLY HOT!! The race started at 7 a.m. and by 7:02 I was dying!!
2. I remember that the course was very pretty. The entire course was run through a gorgeous gated community. I enjoyed the scenery the first 2 miles. The last mile I was too tired and hot to appreciate anything.
3. And I remember that I felt like I was running at least a 9 minute pace the last mile. It was so insanely hot I had nothing left in me. I refused to look at my Garmin because I knew the slow pace would mess with my mind. With about a quarter mile to go I decided to glance at my watch and somehow I was running a 7:30 pace.
Mile 1 - 7:32
Mile 2 - 7:29
Mile 3 - 7:31
Aaaaand mile .22 - 1:32 Apparently I weave a lot and run the farthest corners. And running an extra .12 doesn't seem like a lot, but it really does throw your time waaaay off!!
Final time - 24:05
Almost done!! This was the last turn. HALLELUJAH! This is also where I glanced at my watch and realized I wasn't moving as slow as I thought.
Oops, maybe I should have zoomed in on this picture before posting it. There is a little medal around my neck for getting 1st in my age group:))) It was a small race (about 250 I think they said). For being an inaugural race they did a pretty amazing job and had a great turn out. I will definitely be back next year. It was a fun race, fun course, good food, and great raffle prizes afterwards!
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