Run 1: 1.33@11:26
I went to Starkey Park to watch Tom race in the "Freakin' Hot 5K". I had no idea it would be so big, expecting maybe 100 to 150 runners, there were actually 850! A super fast runner/triathlete named Jeremy was putting on this race along with the people from the BDR series. Before the race I decided to get a little bit of running. Saw Joe and Rene who were going to race, so jogged along with them.
Tom was hoping for a time between 16:15 and 16:20. There were several HS cross country runners as well as recent HS grads including one of Tom's old teammates. There was a guy named RJ who is super fast.
Saw the runners take off and as it was mainly out and back I mostly just stayed by the starting area. Before I knew it, 12 minutes had passed alredy, it wouldn't be long before someone was going to head down the homestretch. With time still way under 16 minutes I caught a glimpse of the first runner. Tom was wearing his orange Vapor Flys but the shoes on the runner were not orange. It was RJ, he came in about 15:54. As RJ was finishing, I could see Tom's orange shoes. It was just past 16 minutes as he neared the finish chute, time of 16:18, dead center of his 5 second window. He'd finally broken his time from almost two years ago in senior year of HS at McKethan lake.
I watched the next fastest runners come in followed by looking out for people I knew. Saw Jenny, Joe, Renee, Claudia, and many others.
Hung out for a little bit after the race, then drove back to Palm Harbor so Jessica could go to the Y. After she got back, did run number 2
Run 2: 10.04@9:25
It had been a pretty light week for running so wanted to get in a longish run, at least 10 miles. Did a few loops inside Westlake Vilage.
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