iRun Miami 5K

So this was just a very random run, I got the email and didn’t have anything for this weekend so I figured I would just go ahead and sign up! I asked a few people if they wanted to do it with me, but even my friends that live in Miami didn’t want to. But that is ok, I seem to be doing well at doing races by myself this year…if I wait on everyone else, I am not going to get to my 24 that is for sure!

This race was very small, only something like 500 people were allowed to even sign up, but there were cash prizes for the people that placed first. I knew I wasn’t going to come in fast enough to place, but trust me, one day I will!

I ended up getting up early and one of my friends last minute decided to jump in, even though he didn’t get to sign up (they were already full) and even though he could and would usually SMOKE my ass, thanks to an injury (how evil am I) he had to pace with me. Sadly, he still pushed me…and the damn kid running the 10K one next to us! Kid was good btw ;)

The course was different, I had never run it before, and outside of that race, I will probably never run it again. The course actually started behind the iRun Store.  I kinda wish I would have gone into the store and checked it out, but I know I am never going to drive all the way down to Miami just to go to that store when Runners Depo and Running Wild are just around the corner!

And thanks to my friend, I managed to drag my ass into 2^nd place in my age group with a time of 23:07! What frustrates me (because I seem to be so uber competitive) is that 26 seconds faster and I would have come in 1st in my age group and just 29 seconds less and I would have been able to place even with the 3rd OVERALL female! 

I really need to start picking it up, I know I can push myself harder. I didn’t even have the urge to stand over the trashcan and attempt to hold down my vomit after this race…so I obviously didn’t push hard enough!  

My next race will be the Sarasota Half Marathon. First out of town race so I am excited and nervous, I hope everything goes well. Being away from my little man and letting him go to the sitter’s drives me crazy! I wish I could have taken him with me, but we waited too long to find a dog friendly hotel!