It Has Been One Year This Month

What are we talking about?

One year ago this month, Steve and I entered our first official 5k race together. This year Steve bumped us up to the 10k. It was another beautiful day on Whidbey and the weather was perfect for the run. The route was filled with some high elevations, paved roadways, trails and majestic views of the mountains and the coastline.

Our legs are a bit tender and we are tired, but running the 10k was well worth it. Here are some interesting stats about the race, and our personal times:

Facts:
1) The largest age group represented in the 10k was the 40-49 year old; with the 50-59 year old's making up the second largest group. Can we say "Baby-Boomers"?

2) There were 91 folks running the 10k;29 being male and 58 being female.

3) Out of the male 40-49 age group there were 11 men; Steve placed 10 out of 11.

4) Out of1 the female 40-49 age group there were 18 women; Sherri placed 7 out of 18.

Times:
1) Steve managed to stay in the race this year and pulled ahead of Sherri to come in #59, with a killer time of: 1:09:06 / 11:04 miles per minute.

2) Sherri lagged behind, but came in #60, with a time of: 1:09:32 / 11:08 miles per minute.

Our friends did not run this race with us this year, but we are planning on running a 5k in September to support our friend and Autism Awareness.

Recap: We have run a total of 8 races since starting last August. We ran in 2012: the Race the Reserve 5k, the Turkey Trot 5k and in 2013 we ran the Sweetheart Run 5k, the Shamrock Run 5k, the Eagle Run 5k, the Whidbey 5k, the Yankee Doodle Dash 10k and the Race the Reserve 10k. Besides the 5k we plan to do in September that we mentioned above, there may be a 10k Turkey Trot in our future.

Steve is also talking about running a half a marathon next year - pray for me...I do not know if I am ready to take that leap yet!