St. Patricks Day Run

We all participated in the St. Patricks day run yesterday. The weather was a little warmer but it was also a little windier than it has been. The kids did well in the 1 mile. Jodi had fun racing some other people with Levi in the stroller. I was shocked to actually win the 5k! I'm very thankful that the Lord has allowed me to run and I'm getting over those injuries I was battling.

Before I forget, I thought I'd write down a little of how the race went for me. Warning: this is a little long and detailed so feel free to skip it.
My original goal was to just see if I could beat 20 minutes and also not injure myself and maybe I could place in my age group depending on who is doing the 5k and who is doing the 10k. When we took off the wind was behind us and it's slightly downhill, so I decided to go a little faster at the start than I had planned, knowing that the way back would be tougher and harder to make up ground. I was able to stay just at the tail end of the main group and when the 5k runners split off I was surprised to see that there were only 3 runners ahead of me and not that far ahead either. Oh no, here goes my plan to take it easier on this run :-) At the 5k turn around I became number 3. I also noticed that my right shoe felt a little loose. It was untied. No way am I going to stop and tie it, just keep going, it seems ok anyway. Back we run against the crowd of people coming our way. There is a young kid in front of me and someone probably a little older than me. We finally make it past the crowd and the young kid passes the older guy. I pass him too and then a little after that pass the kid. Just about a mile left and I'm feeling good, well as good as can be expected given my heart rate has been averaging 172 for the last 12 minutes. I've decided it sure would be nice to actualy win this, so I'll just need to keep my pace. Well, I was able to, actually running about the same pace I took off at. Adrenaline is great, and having all of those people around help take your mind off of the wind. One look back with a quarter mile left and it appears I'm by myself. 19:20 or so was the final time. Results should be posted in he next week or so.