AM: Provo City 5k. Went down to the race with Stacy. We ran about a half mile warmup then decided to hit the bathrooms before heading out for more. Well, the line was so long that by the time we were done, it was time to head to the start line. A short warmup was going to have to do. The start was pretty chaotic where we were. Some little girl clipped me and she almost fell. There was a lot of weaving and bumping for the first 1/4 to 1/2 mile, but then everything settled out. I haven't run a 5k in awhile (nor have I done a lot of 5k pace training) so I was just focused on running hard. I really wish I had my garmin today. We are a one garmin household and my husband requested it today. I figured I'd be fine with a normal running watch, but there weren't any markers for the 5k. I assumed that the half marathon miles 11, 12, 13 would correspond to our 1,2, 3, but the splits did not make any sense. I then figured that the course would be short, but in the end I think it was okay. I think that I ran a pretty consistent pace and I seemed to be moving up throughout the race. I finished in 23:35 and I am happy with that. At the end of January I ran 25:27 at the Winter Series 5k, so I have improved. I felt good until the last 1/4 mile or so when I got that pukey feeling that happens in a 5k. Afterwards, I ran a 15 minute cooldown with Stacy before taking the bus back to the car. In hindsight, we should have just run back, it would have been faster. Also finally met Allie and James from the blog. Didn't run into any else, but it sounds like there was some awesome running today! | 