He ran the 10k (6.2 miles) and I
Yes, walked. A 5k.
Le sigh.
Ever heard of placenta previa? I hadn't until recently (more on that another time), but suffice it to say, the decision to walk was per my doctor's orders.
There was a brief moment (or 5) that we considered skipping the race. It had been unusually (and uncomfortably) cold and rainy/snowy in Dallas for the past week, and the thought of getting up extra early on a Saturday in that weather seemed like absolutely torture.
I blame it on the fact that we signed up for the race months ago - it was probably beautiful out then.
Silly us.
Anyway, after a very sleepy conversation at 6am on Saturday morning, we decided to go for it. We got into our race clothes, I quickly made some energizing peanut-butter toast (for
Walking to the start - there was still snow on the ground! And it was cold:
We (surprisingly) found parking pretty easily, and made our way to the starting line. We had about a 20 minute wait before the races started (the 10k-ers started at 8am, 5k-ers at 815am), and we ended up standing in a patch of sunlight that warmed us right up. Facing the Dallas skyline:
Where you position yourself within the race-pack before the start is pretty important. If you're planning to run aggressively and try to beat a personal time record, you need to put your self near the front. However, in longer races, it is important to position yourself near people who will be going about the same pace as you.
Let's just say that I went almost to the very back of the 5k pack.
Behind all the actual runners.
BUT I did position myself in front of all the people with strollers.
I had a little dignity left.
The race itself was great. I did run over the starting line, just so that I wouldn't look like a total wimp, but I slowed down to a walk after that. A little before mile 2, I actually ran into Taylor, which was a fun coincidence. The 10k and 5k courses are slightly different, but they merged back at that point, and we just happened to be at the same place at the same time.
Taylor actually got a picture of himself while he was running:
He also got pictures of other runners. The 10k-ers look so serious!
Taylor finished first and then walked back to finish the race with me. I ran across the finish line too, because you can't just walk!
Post-race we feasted on bananas and chocolate milk. Nothing better than a banana after a
And then a few hours later we celebrated by going out for tacos.
Can't be too healthy on a Saturday morning, ya know?
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Overall, I finished #804 out of 993 5k runners, at 00:46:56 with a 15:07 pace.
Taylor finished #491 out of 979 10k runners, at 00:55:12 with a 09:53 pace.
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