Happy New Year !! and a Race Report

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!

I just wanted to start off the entry today with my best wishes for everyone for the new year. I should also say a very, very belated

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!

I hope that everyone had a great time over these holidays. I know that I sure did and boy did the scale show it this morning. Not the best way to start the year off but I helps to provide motivation to change. The other thing that helps was to do a 5K this morning. So here is the race report.

The race today was the New Year's Day Resolution 5K held at the Westerville Sports Facility across Cleveland Ave. from the new rec center. I have to say that I was again surprised by the number of people that will come out on a holiday and participate in a race. What made the effort even more interesting was the weather. It was around 30 degrees and the winds were gusting from the west at about 25-30 mph. I dressed according to the rule of dressing for temps about 20 degrees warmer than it is. So, it was a layer of tech shirt and pants under a t-shirt and sweat pants and a windbreaker over that. Also present was the wool watch cap, ear covering and wool gloves. Needless to say that it wasn't until around the first mile that I started to feel warmer.

The race was around the fields there and then under Cleveland Ave to the turn around point and then back around the fields again to the finish line. Quite a few runners out today but not as many walkers. I am proud to say that I didn't pull a DLF (Dead Last Finish) like my first race of 2007. But I did finish ahead of the last 3-4 walkers. I am also proud of my time ----- 48:44. That is a new PR for me in the 5K !!! My mile splits were (1) 15:42, (2) 16:33, (3) 14:53 and the last tenth of a mile in 1:35.

It felt good to be in a race again. As a side note: My little toe that I broke on Dec. 20th did fine. I continue to buddy tape it.

It was a great start to 2008 and it is 942 days until August 2010!!!!!