Richmond Road Race

This morning I ran another 10K race hoping to finally break my PB and get a 45min finish time. It was nice having the race in Richmond because it was just down the street from where I am living and also it didn't start until 10am so I actually got to sleep in a bit on a Sunday morning. I haven't done that in many weeks. It was a surprising warm day, for January that is, a nice -4 or -10 with windchill. There were even a few crazies out there wearing shorts, not me though, I am always cold so I decided on tights and a jacket which was just right for me.

I had to start a little bit faster to get away from the crowd but then settled into a nice pace of 4:34, I stopped once at the water station (the 5K mark) for a little bit then headed up the hill and never once did I look back. I felt good and strong throughout the race and finished with a time of 45:39 my best yet and finally got that magic 45 number. I don't have all the stats from the race yet but I do know that I was the second female in my age category which entitled me to a new pair of Smartwool socks. I love new socks!

My stats for this race are as follows:

I was 53rd out of 199 participants
7th out of 89 women
2nd out of 23 in my age category