4th of July Independence Day Run at Bidwell Park in Chico, CA. Dad talked me into running a race while I was home visiting. We registered Fri and ran it early Sun a.m. 7:00 a.m. Felt tired from not sleeping well last night but knew I would just have fun with it and try to keep about an 8 min mile or less. First mile, just getting into it, kinda tired. 2nd mile seemed to be feel the hardest. I was able to save a kick for the end. Sprinted the last 100 meters to the finish line. My time was decent so that was fine since that is what I was shooting for. I've always wanted to get a faster time though if I had been training more for speed. Placed 29th overall and 2nd in my age division. Happy about that! I got a gift certificate to a resturant in Chico for $15:) No pain but felt nauseous at the end; I was able to hold it together. Feeling went away shortly afterwards. Small race of about 150 runners. Not too organized, no chip timing. Time was slightly diff from GPS watch from what they gave me.
Their time for me: 24:14 min My time according to GPS: 24:07 min
Luckily the mile parkers seemed pretty dang close to what my GPS was saying.
Avg: 7:50 Max: 5:12
Miles: 7:29, 8:11, 7:58 | 