The Shamrock 5k Run!

So I ran my second 5k on March 16. There was a St. Patrick's Day run held that night and Rachel talked me into it. Well, I wasn't going to do it at first, but my other friend had already purchased her ticket and ended up not being able to use it. So I took her place.

I didn't really train for this one (which showed in my time!) since it was a last minute kind of thing. However, I did get new running shoes because my previous "athletic" shoes were six years old! Besides that lack of preparation, I also think that running on cobblestone part of the way made it worse. Those parts did not feel good on my feet.

After the race you could choose pizza or BBQ (we chose pizza). And then there was a kid's race. Cannon was so excited to run his race (sorry, no pictures)! He lined up with all the other little kids (age five and under). They had to run down the street, around the cones, and back again. He was actually really fast! He liked it so much that he did it twice!  All the kids got a green ribbon for finishing and he was so proud of his race! I was pretty proud of him too.


Rachel, me, and Tiffany


Tiffany and I started together since we are of similar pace. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with Rachel, who actually finished first in her age group! About half way through I let Tiffany go ahead of me. She finished at 30 minutes and I finished at 36.


The dad's and kids cheered us on! Ryan came straight from work, which is why he's looking so business casual.


During the race a few other people met up with us.

We had a great time and I'm sure I'll be doing more runs in the future!

p.s. all the pictures are courtesy of Tiffany