Slowly but surely
My second 5k featured a pre-race adventure involving incorrect bus schedules, rain, a poor sense of direction, a comedic bike ride on muddy trails and assorted other hijinks that amuse me enormously but sound asinine and mundane when I write about them. Forthwith, then, are the results:
"Scamper in the Park" 5k, benefiting St. Jude's Hospital, 2/19/05
Time: 33:20
My previous 5K time was 35:04, so I'm happy with the improvement. What's more, someone with a Garmin said the course read at 3.36 miles instead of 3.1 miles.
So according to this pace calculator my average pace was either 10:43 or 9:55. I'll take either of those times, thankyouverymuch.
Hope everyone had a good weekend!
9 Comments:
Impressive!!!
Great job on the PR, Megan! Woo hoo!!
How fantastic! Oh, won't it be great when you realize that *every* race for a long while turns out to be a PR? Those are definitely the kinds of improvements you're making!
- Mia
Megan! You rock!! And I'm sorry about the rain and other mishaps. But you PRed!! Wuhooo!
"Slowly but surely" Hey what's with the subject, I think 10K per hour pace is terribly fast! I was doing the happy dance when I crossed this line few weeks ago :)Awsome result, you go girl!
Congratulations, that's great!! Wacky misadventures be damned - you rocked!!
Good time! You totally kick ass!
so, what are your plans post 5-K?
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