Colonial Cup-5K Road Race

A month prior to the race I was signed up early to ensure I received my free shirt. I began writing out my check and thought why not ask Ray and see if he'd like to join in the fun of running 3.1 miles. He thought for a few seconds and replied with "yeah go ahead and sign my up too". I ensured that he wanted to run and he was sure, so I went ahead filled in his form, wrote out his check and mailed out the forms.

As the race was getting closer I was training either every day or every other day. I would go for a jog and rotate the distances so I wouldn't wear myself out or I would ride my bike and again ride different distances to work my leg muscles. Ray on the other hand, racing isn't really his thing, so training wasn't in his cards either. Not that he's not in shape he is, but running or riding bike every day isn't his form of relaxation.

Race day was here: Saturday October 19th. I always get nervous on race day mornings, trying to pick the right outfit that makes you look good which will help you run better and faster. It's also the other runners, gazing through the crowd trying to spot out the fast runners hoping you can keep up with them. That is what I normally do when racing but this time was different. I kept at my own pace, didn't stop, and didn't wear myself out like I was going to die at the end. I did have my watch on that was timing me the whole way, I only looked at it once and noticed I was making good time. My goal normally is 30 minutes or under and I made it in 30:23 minutes.

As I crossed the finished line, I was relieved I was done and was ready for water. While waiting for Ray to complete the race I stretched, walked around and tried to cool down. It wasn't long and I saw Ray approaching the line, I got my phone out ready to snap his picture. He was relieved he was done too. He said he only stopped once which is great.

We didn't stay for the award ceremony after the race since we had other engagements. We gave our door prize tickets to my friend and asked her if we won anything to please let us know. Sunday morning our friend found us and gave us our prizes. Yes, we both won! I got first place in my age group and Ray got second place. We were both very excited! And my friend won tickets to the Colonial Cup Horse Race with our door prize ticket. The race is in November.  She said she normally doesn't win anything but this year was different which left her feeling guilty for winning. But I reassured her to not worry to go and have a great time. After that she was relieved.

Till our next race!