Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sweetheart Run 5K

Today Husband & I ran the Sweetheart Run. We've done this one many times because it's always near our birthdays. This year Husband was running in his brand new age group (50-59) and I was running on my actual birthday.

After the crazy cold weather we've had in the last few weeks, I was happy to see that it would be about 30deg at race time. The race started at 9am, which gave me time for a little extra treat (leftover cake) after breakfast. I joked that it might give me an extra kick near the finish line, and it might have just worked:

I'll skip the rest of the race details and cut to the chase. My Garmin says 28:05, which is well over two minutes faster than my time at this race last year. The icing on the cake? I beat my 5K PR from way back in 2006 by 43 seconds!!!! Un-freaking-believable!!!!!

How does that make me feel? They say that a picture's worth a thousand words, and this one says it all:


It's worth noting, Husband had a great race as well and got 2nd in his new AG. :-)

I was 4th of 26 F40-49, which makes me very happy don't get me wrong, but darn, so close to getting bling of my own...

17 comments:

  1. awesome ... you're my idol ... what a great gift!

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  2. happy birthday again and big congrats on a big PR!!

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  3. Happy Birthday! Fantastic picture of you, definitely a keeper. Congrats on your PR, you'll get the bling next time.

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  4. Congratulations and Happy Birthday!! What a perfect way to celebrate your bday!! Great picture of you and YES it says more than a 1000 words :)

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  5. You're coming a long way, baby! What injury?!

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

    And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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  6. Great job! You may have to treat yourself to your own little "bling!"

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  7. Awesome job girl! Soooo close to 27 minutes too. Congratulations. I'm so happy you had a great birthday. ;)

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  8. Happy belated birthday and congrats on the PR!!

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  9. Happy belated birthday! Congrats on the PR and a great race!

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  10. I was very excited to see this! Congrats again!

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  11. Congrats and belated happy birthday!

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  12. HUGE CONGRATS LISA!!!! Nothing like beating a 5 year old PR on your Birthday!!!

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  13. Happy birthday and congrats on your PR and the 4th place.
    Congrats to hubby too.
    Here the a.g. includes 5 years and this year I am in the new one (55 - 59 y.o.) .... getting older.....

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  14. Congrats on the PR! I haven't run a 5K in a long time and would love to get a PR when I do like you did.

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