And the winner is....

Well, okay, not me, but another personal best. I ran in the Lunenburg 5K race today. It was cold (10 degrees!), it was foggy, and it was the hilliest race course I have done. This was the first race that I actually ran, not just finished. It was fun finding my place in the pack - usually people pass me as they settle in, this time, I'm happy to say, I passed probably 30 people getting to the right place.

After that, I pretty much settled in, and although people passed me, it was because they were faster, not because I slowed down too much. Many many people finished behind me. I was still at the back of the pack, but I think I've moved to the front of the back. My time, you ask? Another personal best: 28:26 minutes. Although I secretly hoped to come in under 28 minutes, it is more than a minute faster than my last race, and this course was much hillier and less familiar. So, I'm okay with that. And I did run pretty hard (for me, the non-athlete, anyway!).

So, five weeks of training = 1.5 minutes less. Well worth it, right?