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Race #2- The Gang goes to the St. Augustine Lighthouse 5K

My brother-in-law and his wife said they were signing up for this race so it was a no-brainer to tag along and have some fun. I'm much more of a morning workout type of person so this race being held at 4:30pm felt a little strange. I personally didn't really change much of my schedule leading up to the race since it was suppose to be more fun than anything. So I started my day with my scheduled 4 hour ride, ate a ton of food and took a nap, then got ready to head down to the race. It took us forever to get through St. Augustine, so much we almost missed packet pick up and pretty much eliminated any chance of a longer pre-race warm up. We were able to get a quick half mile jog in before we had to line up.

The gun went off and I ran the first half mile pretty hard until the front was thinned out some and I wasn't tripping over everyone. I probably burned up a few too matches many running that hard at the start, oh well. I actually didn't feel to horrible during the run and ran my first mile at a 6:38 and slowed up over the next two as some fatigue kicked in. Pretty uneventful race, just a nice out and back course through a residential neighborhood with close to perfect weather conditions. Missed my 5K PR by a few seconds, but I'll take it since we kinda just threw it in the middle of a training block.

The gang killed it as well! Marty, Cat and Chenoa all had solid runs. Marty ended up 4th in AG and Chenoa won her AG again and had a 5K PR. One more running race planned before triathlon season officially starts which is the River Run next weekend.

5K- 21:50
1/12 Age Group
17/314 Overall




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