The Spooktacular 5K Race Report

The Spooktacular 5K and Boo Run were held this past Saturday, October 29th.  I have many great memories from this race, including several little gold, silver, and bronze jack-o'-lantern trophies that were the old age group awards from years ago (I was going to insert a picture of them all lined up here, but it didn't happen this year.  At least I did locate them in the attic though!). 

It was great to see so many people in lots of fun costumes at the race this year! 

It was a freezing cold morning, so I whipped out the arm sleeves and hat for this race. 

The cold temperature helped many people PR today!  My husband, Rick, PR'ed today with an 18:30.  That is smokin'!  And he was not even wearing his Garmin!!

I got 20:12 and was 4th overall (same overall as in my last 5K).  I improved my time by 10 seconds from my Liz Hurley time, but honestly I was hoping for more.  It seems like I could've made myself run faster (like 13 seconds faster??), but I just didn't feel like it today.  Splits were more consistent than usual though.  Now to get them 5 seconds faster per mile!

Splits were:
Mile 1 6:26
Mile 2 6:36
Mile 3 6:28
.1 :41

20:12 overall pace 6:31 

Photo by James Hurley

Photo by Jen Grant

Photo by Jen Grant

My running group began this Halloween day with a spooooooky run with our new LED blinky light rings.  They are fun to wear and will double as safety lights for my two little trick or treaters tonight.

Happy Halloween!