We recently took a trip to Arizona. The last time all 4 of us (well it would have been 3 of us back then) had been to my hometown/ home state was 7 years ago.We had an action packed, fantastic trip. Our main purpose in going was to attend the wedding of my cousin. As it had been so long since I had been home, the girls and I stayed for 10 days. We had a great trip and I have more activities and pictures to show you on another day.
Today, I wanted to share with you a 5k I competed in while in Arizona. The Arizona Road Racers have a summer race series. How they do the races in August is beyond me! Clearly, it has been a LONG time since I lived in the AZ heat. Anyway, the race was perfect because both my cousin (not the one getting married) and I were going to be in town since this race was the day of the wedding. She lives in a southern state and I live on the East Coast. We keep up with each other’s running on a social website called ‘Daily Mile.’ We had talked about finding a way to run together. Yay! Our chance came while we were both in AZ.
The weather was perfect both for the race and more importantly, it was a gorgeous 85 for the wedding (which for the end of May in Phoenix is unusual).
- 26:53 for the 5k
- 8:40 average pace per mile
- Overall 446th (this is with the handicap start out of 1187, so I’m not sure it means anything)
- 15/79 in my age division (40-45)
@Kim (TheMoney-Pit) lol! You crack me up. Thanks for the laugh! Yes we had a great time. Thanks for stopping by!
Wow! What a great time.. I never run that fast, although I do enjoy InNOut quite frequently so that may be my problem! Bwa-ha-ha-ha! It looks like you had a great time!
@six sisters Thanks so much! We did have a great time…so glad we got to race together. Thanks for hosting your fantastic link party! KC
Looks like a great time!! This is a fun post!! Thanks for sharing on our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. Hope you come back next week. -The Sisters
It was a gorgeous day. Perfect for running a race. I would think it would be a great place for running a longer race b/c it would be mostly flat. Yes, the In-N-Out was great…we visited quite a bit while we were there! Thanks for stopping by!
That looks like an awesome place to race—I ran the Rock and Roll Marathon there and it was AWESOME!!!!!! And what a perfect way to celebrate—especially with a little In and Out Burger! Found you the blog hop:) https://www.thechirpingmoms.com
Loved running with you as well. So glad we did! It was a gorgeous morning for sure.
Oh sweetie, please don’t ever be embarrassed by your pace or style of running. You are doing it and it sounds like you are enjoying it…that is most important! If you have time/want to I wrote another post entitled ‘Finding My Stride’ you might want to read. I talk about an ‘ah ha’ moment I had on this topic. Anyway, I’m so glad you enjoyed reading this post and that you took the time to comment! I miss those mountains so much! Probably like you miss your Grandmother! Thanks for stopping by and for commenting.
I enjoyed reading this! I’m just starting out as a runner and my pace is so super slow it’s embarrassing! I can only wish to one day run as fast as you did this one in. Also, I love Arizona! My grandmother lives near Camelback Mt. too. 🙂
Awesome! I LOVED running with you 🙂 Well done! It really was a perfect morning for a race!!