SET THE TONE!
Most of my training for the last two years has focused on Olympic and 70.3 (half) triathlon distance racing with my last race of 2011 being a Ironman 140.6 (full) distance race so of course it would make sense to go out on New Years day having not run a 5K in nearly 3.5 years and see what I got. But first some quick back story.
Me and the family went to a friends house for New Years Eve for some great company, food, and a few shots of some liquid that is usually preceded and then followed by some substances to take the bite away. Got to sleep about 1 am woke up at 7am, of course I went back to sleep and woke up at 8:54. Brushed the teeth, went into my sons room and asked him if he wanted to go run a 5K with me. He said, "how long is that" to which I replied 3.1 miles to which he said, "no". I got dressed and headed out the door for the 9:30 start. Arrived at 9:20 got my bib and chip, got to the line and 30 seconds later, off we went. 1st mile was 6:23, 2nd mile was 6:24, and the 3rd mile was 6:38 due to some pretty killer hills, and as I rounded the corner with visions of going sub-20 min only to see 20:07 I picked up the pace to cross the mats with the clock reading 20:14 (clock time). Chip time was 20:08.
A PR by 1:14 seconds!!
17/376OA
5/35AG
Along the way I received a few comments which ranged from, "the more colorful I dress the faster I go to, "what's wrong couldn't decide if you were doing a Triathlon or a Running Race"? To which I replied, "Yes" or at least that's all I had breath for.
What did you do to set the tone?!?!
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