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Johnny's Runnin' of the Green! New PR!

absmomabsmom
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My sincere thanks go out to RnP!  EN ROCKS!  

I did a very shortened OS last year, so didn't see a ton of improvement.  I couldn't believe how great I felt this past Saturday at the "Johnny's"!

I used this 5 miler as my end of the OS vdot, although a week early, I wanted to get it in with a race.  It was cold and windy and pretty strong headwinds on the way back.  This is the 1st race I've worn my garmin for and I've only been training with it since christmas.  What a difference training and racing with pace!

I started off and, of course, everyone took off...I kept watching the garmin and kept telling myself...slow down now, and kept hearing RnP in my head "pace yourself when you start!"  Felt fabulous the first 2 miles.  This is when I noticed I was starting to pass people.  Then I hear these two guys behind me:  (we're holding a 9:00/mi pace about now)  the one guy says to the other guy, "just so you know, I'm working REALLY hard today".  I just chuckle...nener, nener...I'm not!

So, mile 3, I start passing A LOT of people, still holding my pace.  The last mile I kicked it in and didn't let it drop below 9:00/mi pace.  I came in at 46:10, 5 minutes faster than last year!  Woo hoo!  My vdot only went up one, but I was so pumped!  Literally!!!  I felt great the whole time!

My sister-in-law, Suzanne (baby-sitter extradonaire!), me and Abby at the finish!

 

 

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