Sweet Corn Festival 5k Race Recap

Well, Since I’m a little behind on a couple of my recaps, I decided I’m just going to give the details and post pictures… that way, I can be caught up for the year because my marathon was my last race of the 2011 season!  Enjoy…

 

22nd Annual Sweet Corn Festival 5k
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Start Time:  9:00am

Results:
Official Time:  26:04
Overall Place:  154/509

Notes:

It was already 90 something degrees at the start of this race… it was miserable!!  I ended up running a 7something minute mile for the first mile, which I’d never done before… probably shouldn’t have done then because it drained my energy in that heat!

This was the first race my husband was able to watch me run!  My parents both came as well, and after the race we ate some corn and then left because it was too hot.

 

Pictures: (as always, you can click the image to make it bigger)

 

The Race

 

My Husband Pouring Cold Water On Me After the Race

 

My Parents and I

 

Goofing Off After the Race

Festival 5k Race Recap

5th Annual Festival 5k Run & Walk
Saturday July 30, 2011
Start Time: 8:30am

I got my youngest sister to run this with me before she headed back to college for her sophomore year.  We got there around 8am to get her registered (I had registered in advance) and pick up our packets and warm up a little.  BTW, this year’s race shirt is my absolute favorite! Green and Blue is my favorite color combo (if you couldn’t tell!) lol… Our mom ended up coming to watch us and we got to chat with her for a little bit before we lined up. 

These small races are all gun-timed, so we lined up about 5-7 lines back from the front of the pack.  The first mile we were really bookin’ it, I kept telling her that if we kept up the pace we were at, we would both PR! lol… she really didn’t care ;)  We were going around 8:09/mile with our best pace being 5:45/mi? lol… Dont know how that happened…

Around mile 2, we slowed down… my sister has sports induced asthma and had forgotten her inhaler.  It was hot out and she was starting to have problems breathing.  We finally got to the water station and she told me to go on ahead… I was torn, because I wanted to go fast, but I didn’t want to leave her… she looked right at me and said “I’ll be fine, but I’m gonna walk so GO!!”  So, I kept running.

I couldn’t seem to get my legs back to the 8:09/mi pace, but I pushed it as best I could and came across the finish in 25:42 officially.

I ran back to cheer my sister in and then we stayed around for some door prizes. My sister won a gift certificate to a plant nursery lol… she gave it to my mom ;)  I wasn’t quite sure if my time would get me an AG place or not…  Ended up I passed a girl in my AG in the last 50 meters or so to take 2nd in my AG lol…

First time I’ve ever gotten a plaque for a race :)

After the awards were all handed out, a guy approached and asked if he could interview me for the festival, so I said sure… I don't know if anything ever came of it, but it made me feel famous lol ;) Then my mom took my sister and I to a cute little restaurant for lunch.  It was fun spending time together. :)

Here are the Garmin Stats:

Stats

Time:  25:42
Pace:  8:16/mile
AG (19-24) Place: 2/16
Overall Place:  128/313

Upcoming Race Reports

September 3, 2011 – Sweet Corn Festival 5k
September 10, 2011 – Fall Classic 5 Mile Race
October 8, 2011 – Cancer Care 5k

Upcoming Races

October 16, 2011 – Columbus Marathon

Who Wants In On This Action?! (Bloggy Meetup)

ONE month from today… right now… I will be done running my first FULL marathon!!! :)  I’m so excited!!  I’m also a tad bit nervous because I have NOT trained like I probably should have and a marathon is nothing to mess around with!  Although some people run them as training runs around this here blogosphere lol ;) BUT I will not be alone!

I am not the only one running in Columbus, Ohio on October 16, 2011… nope… I will be joined by a couple friends! :)

- ME (Zaneta) from well… here at Runner’s Luck lol ;) running the Full

- BDD will be running the 1/2… on his birthday no doubt!!

- Dorothy from Mile Posts will be running the Full

- Wells and C from My Story…Chapter 2 will be running the 1/2

So I am trying to plan a little bloggy meetup.. details aren’t set up yet, but if you are running the 1/2 or full in Columbus on October 16th and would like to be in like flynn leave me a comment on this post, or email me, with your name, blog link (if you have one), and email address and I’ll try to get this thing rolling! :)

Friday Five: Bum,School,Blogland,Marathon,Award

1.  First of all, thank you everyone for your kind words of encouragement on my post yesterday!  It really means a lot to me!  AND… In case you missed it and have no clue what on earth I’m talking about… I am now a jobless bum… You can read about it HERE

2.  Summer quarter finals are next week and then I have 2 weeks of a summer break before I head back for Fall quarter… gotta love it lol…

3.  I really have been MIA from blogland… I feel like I’ve missed out on TONS of stuff!!  Not to mention I have a lot to catch you all up on too!!  (now that i’m a bum I have more time to blog) ;) A couple reviews, giveaways, mileage reports, wedding and honeymoon pictures, cake posts and then back to our regular scheduled programming of running… MY FIRST FULL MARATHON ON OCTOBER 16TH!!!

4. Yeah, I’m freaking out a bit about that, longest long run so far has been 10 miles so lol… 50 days out and SO not ready… Should I try to change my registration to the half or should I stick it out and go for it?  Think I have enough time to train to the point where I wont hurt myself if I run 26.2 miles? eek!

5. Last but not least, Apparently my blog was named as one of the top 100 running blogs by HealthCareColleges.net … who knew?!  Here’s a link to the other blogs who also got awards.

I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!! Good luck to everyone racing, especially all you hood to coast’ers out there! :)

 

 

Are you racing this weekend? What races?
- I’m not, I’m a bum, but I do have a 5k next weekend

If you could make up a blog award what would it be called?
 - Random Rainbows Award: given to blogs that make me laugh even though I have no clue what they are talking about! ;)

First 5k of the Season

Race season starts this weekend!!! (for me anyways lol)

I’m running the Strides for Mental Health 5k tomorrow.  It starts and finishes right downtown … about 10 minutes away from my house.  This was the first race I ever ran!  Not to mention my sister ran it with me… it was a blast!!

I will be running this year’s race alone as my sister is still away at college, but throughout my first year of running I met a few people and now I don't feel so alone anymore when I head to races by myself! :)

Heading into my second year of racing, it has made me look back on my first year… my “firsts”, my PR’s, lessons I’ve learned…

Let’s just say that I have learned A LOT!  Now, I’m not really one to really voice goals… I mean… I kinda sorta have them, but I dont really make them known… something about failing… and not really trying hard enough… BUT…

this year I WILL run a sub 25 5k!! 

I dont really think I’m up to that point yet, but the season is long ;)

BRING IT ON!! ;)

Trying to Catch Up

I have been really absent lately… absent from blog world, absent from eating healthy, absent from working out, absent from running, absent from sleeping well, and yes… even absent-minded at times lol…I’ve just been so busy with working 2 jobs, planning a wedding, and trying to meet with someone about going back to school… oh, did I mention planning a wedding?! tehe… June 25, 2011, here we come!! :)

It’s 2011!!  I hope everyone has had a great year so far!! ;)  What are some of your new year’s resolutions?  I didn’t make any… I’m sure I have some, like start my workout/running/being healthy next week and get into top shape for my wedding!  BUT I didn’t right out say “this, this and this will be my new year’s resolutions”…

I did register for this on Jan. 1st to start out my new year:

That’s right… my first FULL marathon!!  And… it will be after I”M MARRIED!! :D  So I used my future married name ;)

I also got these for Christmas and I’m really excited to use them!

Well, I thought since I’ve been so absent, it would just be easier for you all to tell me what’s been going on with you! :)  So, what’s been going on?! :D