Race Recap

                On July 13, 2013 I ran the Belmar 5miler.  A few months ago my sister texted me saying she will be home and I should do the run with her.  I instantly said yes, and responded to her asking if she knew it was a 5 mile run and not a 5k.  Even so it wasn’t a problem and we decided run it anyway.  We probably had one of the biggest groups there between my sister’s friends and our cousins who came down from Connecticut.  All of us were seriously excited and could not wait to get going.

                On race day things were looking a little bleak.  The Friday before it was raining all day, and the clouds still weren’t pushed out by the morning.  With my mud run background a little water wasn’t going to stop me.  Game time finally came around and the race began.  The group was already split up and didn’t matter cause we were all running for our set times anyway.   Two of my cousins and I started about mid pack.  I was begging to feel a little claustrophobic and I needed to get out of the pack to get on my pace.  Once I got out I was only about 12-15 seconds off my pace time so I was happy by mile one.

                Almost nothing felt better than making the final turn and I started sprinting for the finish line.  As I crossed the line I checked the timer and it said 39.24.  When I first signed up I set a goal of running it in 40 minutes or less.  I was happy with the time.  It was very humid that day but thankfully the clouds kept the sun away.  I was feeling good, and then I checked my official time that they posted as the runners came in.  So my net time was 38:46, I was so excited when I saw that.

(photo courtesy of my pops)

                All in all it was a great day.  The run was fun, weather was kind to us for the most part, and the group was such a blast to be with.

Till next time