3rd Place

#9.

Well that was my last attempt at a sub-7 pace. Unless I can find a race next weekend. In Morocco. Somehow I doubt that will happen. So I changed my goal. Yup I can do that. It’s my list and I’ll do what I want. It’s actually a better goal and would have made more sense to have included it originally. But hey, better late than never.

I should have put on my list to place top 3 in a race—including age group. Before this year, I think the last time I placed was in a high school track meet. However, there are some people (non-runners) think there's a possibility of me winning a marathon. I really hope they are kidding. Last I checked I wasn't a Kenyon or Paula Radcliffe.

So today I ran a 5k in Prospect Park. Now we all know Prospect Park is hilly. The course wasn't even on the normal route—the road, but on a bunch of walkways apparently going to the highest point in Brooklyn.

My first mile was 6:48 and then it went downhill. The 2nd mile was slightly slower and I don't even know how the 3rd went. The volunteers weren't paying attenntion and not directing runners, so I ran extra. Ugh. My time of 26:19 is not correct. Unfortunately I have no idea what it was. Probably somewhere around 3 minutes faster. This will hopefully be corrected tonight. We'll see.

Well I still ended up placing 3rd overall (even though I started in front and only saw one girl pass me) and got 1st in my age group. So yes, I'm changing my goal. And since I am, I technically checked it off when I ran the Geneseo 1/2 on September 4 when I placed 2nd in my age group. However we will go with today and we will go with placing overall—no age groups.

P.S. My camera makes this very cheap plastic trophy look much cooler than it is. But hey, I'll take it.