Celebration 5K

To kick off my 4th of July weekend was a race at 7:30 AM, the Celebration 5K. After a big time drop of time at Run for the Pies, I was ready to shed some more seconds and possibly get a PR. Lately I found out there were a few kids in my age group on my tail, so I wanted to preserve my #1 Grand Prix ranking. As usual I was clad in my Honey Stinger gear at the start of the race. It wasn't that hot but the humidity was starting to build up and could be a factor. The race course started at the 1st Place Sports location in Baymeadows and did a lap a giant around, finishing behind the store. So once the cannon fired 1070 runners took to the streets. I hung with my dad for a 6:45 first mile, feeling fine. Although this time I hung on to him through the second mile in 13:43. But as usual my dad, huffing and puffing, zoomed ahead of me while I endured a hard, painful, solitary last mile. I hit the last turn and picked up the pace finishing the race in 22:20, my fifth best time. Dad finished in 21:30, his second best time. The humidity was horrible and got the best of some people, slowing them down drastically including me. Although it was a good day as I received second for my struggling efforts. I'm am expecting a big change in my running since I'm doing the ACRR running camp in St. Augustine next week. It goes for a week including a mid-week track meet and end of week 5K. Hopefully I'll be good enough to place in the Tour de Pain in August. But right now I'm going to be on a hiatus from this blog probably posting once more before Tour de Pain. Be sure to check my vacation blog (http://www.alektravel.blogspot.com/) to follow our Alaska cruise and all the chaos that follows the planning! So long and keep running