I participated in the 5k Rock n Roll race this past weekend in DTLA. It was a last minute decision to run and I really wanted to beat my personal best. Since parking is so expensive in DTLA and my Dad had access to a parking garage a mile away, I figured I would park there and do a 1 mile warm up run to the starting line. When I got off the freeway, every. single. street. was blocked and I had no idea how to get to the parking lot otherwise and started to worry I wouldn't make it before the start time, so I pulled into the first street parking spot that I found and got out of the car and ran. Little did I know I parked on a street where the homeless have made their home. A little freaked out, I made my way over and all was well.
I started my iPhone application to track my pace and started my race alongside a girlfriend of mine. Fired up, I started at a sub 9 mins/mi pace, but little did I know, my friend continued at that pace the ENTIRE duration. I really wanted to ask her to slow down and then book it at the end, but I wanted her to have a shot at getting a personal best herself, so I sucked it up and tried to keep pace. At the end, we practically sprinted, wanting to just keel over and curl up into a fetal position, but we made it! We were ecstatic when we checked the app on our phone to find that we most likely finished the race at a less than 9 mins/mi pace. Personal best and goal checked off for me!
I started my iPhone application to track my pace and started my race alongside a girlfriend of mine. Fired up, I started at a sub 9 mins/mi pace, but little did I know, my friend continued at that pace the ENTIRE duration. I really wanted to ask her to slow down and then book it at the end, but I wanted her to have a shot at getting a personal best herself, so I sucked it up and tried to keep pace. At the end, we practically sprinted, wanting to just keel over and curl up into a fetal position, but we made it! We were ecstatic when we checked the app on our phone to find that we most likely finished the race at a less than 9 mins/mi pace. Personal best and goal checked off for me!
Pre-race - the sun isn't even fully out yet!
Post-race - I did it!
Jump for joy! New personal best!
We anxiously waited for the results to be posted to confirm our suspicion. When they finally posted, I was disappointed because we finished at a 9:01 mins/mi pace. SERIOUSLY?! If we had ran 6 seconds faster, we would have made it under 9 mins/mi!! Even though it felt like torture, we really weren't going as quickly as we had thought. I can't even imagine going any quicker either! I guess this means we will need to run another race to try to hit that goal again, but until then, I'll be joyful that I did get a personal best this time around. My next 5k is in two weeks benefiting veterans, so maybe I'll take another stab at it then! Um, probably not because I think if I had run any fast, I would have puked!
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