Must be nice weather, my posts are far and few between!

June 5th saw my third race. The morning started really stormy - I wasn't even sure they were going to have the race, but I'm glad I stuck it out. 

I didn't run nearly as much as I thought I would - it got hot and muggy pretty fast once the sun finally came out. However I had a couple of little accomplishments.... I ran up the only hill on the course, and managed to run more on the last half of the race than ever before. 

I was well behind the 5k runner's pack, but stayed in front of the group of walkers - including one group who helped push me through the last mile.  After some friendly banter - I ran ahead of them again. Every time they caught up, I ran ahead.  After the race, I found out that they actually sped up to help push me along - which in turn pushed them too. It was awesome.  I'll definitely do this race again - so much fun!! 

My time was pretty good considering I was coming off a hamstring injury.  46:58 - right in between my other two times. 

I probably won't sign up for another race until the end of August - too hot and humid to be on the course for someone of my level. However, I'm still training and hoping to be able to finish the season running a whole 5k. My last race is in October - the same race that was my very first...I think its a good tradition!