It was my VERY FIRST RACE ever, last year. It starts at the high school, goes north on route 9 a little ways, cuts through a neighborhood over to the Val Halla road, back to Greely Road, up that ONE hill up to Route 9, south on Route 9 to Tuttle, east on Tuttle to the driveway for Mabel I Wilson, up the driveway to the track, and then one time around to the finish line. It seemed very flat except for that one hill. It was a good first 5k for me! I had to walk up the hill since I was so new - I'd never run 3 miles straight before. My time was 41:20 or something, lol. I'm hoping to break 30 this year, except my 9.6 mile run today (PR for me) may wipe me out! I think you should do it! It's a great community event. I think my son, Logan Price, will be running it, probably under 17 minutes. Little stinker. I will be the beaming mother!

It turns out my son won't be running, because his coach said he's done enough already this week. My 10-year-old daughter will be running, though. She's tiny, has long dark blonde hair, and wears glasses. Her previous two 5k times were 27:20 and 28:40. She'll beat me by a lot!

well I signed up for it... my first 5K! maybe I'll see you guys there tomorrow morning. I'm not too worried about speed, I will be mostly just jogging, but just finishing it without stopping to walk would be a pretty nice accomplishment for me.

It was good to see you at the end of the race, Blaine! My official time was 31:04. I didn't go as fast as I wanted, but then again, I didn't change my HM training plan for the week, so I wasn't really geared up for my best time. Tim, how did the race go for you? Did you enjoy it? I heard several people yelling, "Go, Teresa!" but I wasn't sure who they were! It's cool to run in a local race where people know you. My 10-year-old duaghter finished in 27:18 officially, a PR for her. She was 5th among girls 15 and under, but I don't know how many were in the division. We ate breakfast at Stone's afterwards. She wore her bib so that people would know she ran. She kept saying, "I'm so happy!" She surprised the waitress by eating an adult portion of french toast. I may run a few more miles this afternoon to make my weekly total greater than 30 miles. I figure if I'm not fast, I can at least distinguish myself by running a lot!

Thanks for the advice, Blaine - I will go very slowly. I will keep it short, too.

Congratulations - you ran it 8 minutes faster than I did last year! You're off to a great start. Are you going to do the Sea Dogs Race on Mother's Day? It's a lot of fun!

Ethan was first among the 37 guys in his age division. Mine said 30/57, which meant I was 30th out of women ages 40-49. DD 10 was 5/24 - 5th place among girls 15 and under. DH was surprised at how fast guys his age (54) are! It made him want to try a little harder.