Had a blast running today. Never thought, well kind of thought about it for a min last night, that I could do sub-19 but I stayed strong till the end and did it. I was going to turn around this morning because the ride up was so bad, wind and snow and I was stuck behind plows going 20 miles an hour. But I called Ericka and she said it wasn't that bad up there. Got up there and warmed up 2.3 miles in the bitter freezing cold, was not dressed warm enough but who wants a bunch of bulky clothing on for a race. Saw Kassi and chatted a bit and then and lined up. The roads were pretty icy so I was questioning how fast I could really do this safely with the downhill and sharp turns, some places were really slick and some were not bad. 1-6:06 2-6:10 3-6:02 .1-35 (5:44) you finish with a 400 on the track that was slick with ice but I ran as hard as I could the clock said 18:43 and I was so shocked but I stopped my watch and it said 18:53 but either way I am really happy and excited about this, a huge PR for me and I haven't ran a 5k under 20 mins since college cross country. Ran back up to our cars with Ericka and ran into Kassi again and chatted a bit more then I had to get home. Later went to the rec and ran 8 more on the treadmill in 1:00:44/7:35 was tired but felt strong and was able to do a progression run starting at 8:30 working down to 6:30.
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