Sunday, July 09, 2006

It's A Family Affair

I had the greatest time on Friday night. I know what you are thinking, no not that kinda fun, the wholesome kind of fun! My family and I caravaned to East Hampton, CT for the Glorious Gallop road race. My stepdad, husband, brother in law, two of my sisters and one sister's boyfriend and my son and I all raced in this awesome point to point 5K.

Well, my 13y son and speedy stepdad took off like wild banchees at the start and I never saw them again until I finished. My husband started out way too fast and I passed him at mile one. I was having a great race, I felt so freakin' great and I knew I was running a good race. I purposely did not wear a watch, because I wanted to count on my own body to tell me if I was running a good race. I passed two local running women that are not in my age group, but they usually do beat me at about mile 2. I thought I had buried my sisters and the boyfriend and my brother in law as well. BUT at the last turn at about mile three, my brother in law freakin' passed me. I tried to catch him but I finished four seconds behind him. But I recovered a lot faster so there!

We did bring home some hardware though. My son came in first in his age group with a respectable 21:59 pace for a 5K. I gave my second best 5K performance in my life at 23:35. I was very happy. The finish line ends at a small town carnival with all the junk food one can imagine! I ate a baked potato with broccoli and sour cream. We also ate some cinnamon roasted nuts. They did not have any good chocolate, so I waited till the next day for "Holstein" ice cream from WE-LIK-IT ice cream stand. It is so rich and creamy, I had a stomach ache for the rest of the day, but it is sooooo worth it!

5 comments:

Running Chick said...

great race beth! this must be the "up" part of the running-cycle?

Legs and Wings said...

This is just what you needed to help pull you out of that grump-slump. That was a quick 5 K...must be your new and improved wholesome family fun lifestyle.

SRR said...

I need a race with junk food at the end! Good for you!

Rice said...

Good run, it sounds like a lot of fun.

Thanks for stopping by. You'll find that Robb is very generous. Although I feel I am in a lot better shape than I use to be in I don’t think of myself as having “big muscles”.

Not sure if you found your way around or not. I do have three blogs.

‘A Cup of Rice’ is more for family events.
‘Riceman to Ironman’ is for running and
‘Life in a Ricepatty’ is my work with depression & Anxiety.

Cheers.

Rice.

April Anne said...

Awesome race!