Best of Times 5M

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, and it was the age of foolishness…”  It was a great race, not the best time; I am wiser and always foolish!  ;-)

Saturday, DRC hosted the Best of Times 5M run. You basically were competing with others in your age group, whoever got the best time, got the prize. I did not get the prize, boo! There were a lot of people in my age category so unless I was running alone or with the 90+ age group, I wasn’t going to win but I am not there to win. I am there to run the best that I can and finish strong like the boss that I am, bam!

We started at Winfrey Point and headed out around the lake 2.5 miles before turning to make our way back to the finish line. The weather was pretty decent. It was a bit overcast and cool to start off but the sun slowly made its way out to brighten and warm things up.  Overall it was a good race. 

I didn’t stay around to chit chat afterwards, I was starving and exhausted. Allergies were not my friend this week so I took advantage of some downtime. I left the lake and headed to one of my favorite spots for breakfast tacos, Green Spot. The Green Spot is a healthy convenience store and gas station. They offer healthy, organic, natural food and beverages. They also have a café that serves up some of the best tacos ever, they have other stuff but who wants that when you can have a bacon, egg and cheese taco? The Green Spot only use meats and cage-free eggs from animals that have been humanely treated and without the use of antibiotic or growth hormones, nitrites and nitrates. They also don’t use any products with preservatives or hydrogenated oils. So basically, you get some healthy food up in there, nom nom nom! The tacos are to die for and cheap, pretty good combo if you ask me! 

After enjoying my delicious tacos, I showered and took a super long nap. I am not one to nap but my body was telling me to nap. I snuggled up with my pups and we all had a nice long snooze fest and I didn’t hate it! I needed the rest and recovery; Sunday was going to come quickly which meant another 5 mile race. The challenge continues!

My official time was 53:47, about an 11:00 minute mile. Turtle in peanut butter!

Kristin