Race day! The BRPTT 5K!
Today I ran in the 1st annual Brent and Rachel (and Pippin!) 5K Turkey Trot (BRPTT). Since I couldn’t make it out to Nashville today, I ran it here in Michigan.
We had 19F temps and blowing snow. Bah. At least it was sunny by the time I got out there. I forgot how much I needed to bundle up for wind and cold. I kept walking outside and then walking back in to add other layers. Turns out I was way overdressed, with the exception of my Yaktrax.
The roads had been pretty beaten down by the cars, but it didn’t look like it had been plowed at all yet. I did my best to stay away from the cars while staying out of the snow bank. I was the only fool on the road today. I geuss everyone else is inside working on the turkey. I put mine in around 10:00, hoping for dinner around 3:30.
It was a hard run. The cold on my face was miserable and the rest of me was boiling hot. I ended up opening my jacket and then the cold air chilled me pretty badly. It was a mess.
But at least I got a cool race medal. :)
Needless to say, my time was not exactly my best race ever. 29:04. It may have been my worst as a matter of fact. I’m blaming the cold and my inability to follow my training plan in the very first week.
Hope you all are having a nice Turkey Day (for those in the US). Those outside the US, hope your Thursday is going well.
November 24th, 2005 12:56
Man, I can’t believe you guys have such tough weather today! WAY TO GO! That’s awesome, love the medal! Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24th, 2005 13:17
Jon, you’re such a trooper. Good job!
November 24th, 2005 15:12
Happy Thanksgiving to ya, Jon. Chocolate on Thanksgiving?
November 24th, 2005 15:32
Cute race number!! Loving it!
happy thanksgiving!
November 24th, 2005 16:16
U guys got thursday as a holiday already? :) No wonder why the tri/runner blog community is quiet today.
I am glad you enjoy your run. I will enjoy mine in 45 min.
November 24th, 2005 16:17
Love the medal. It’s at least as cool as the run you’ve just described.
November 24th, 2005 16:21
Happy Thanksgiving Jon. Have a good one and eat ALOT of turkey!
November 24th, 2005 17:17
Good job on the run and Happy Thanksgiving, too! LouBob is just trying to make me crazy with that ALOT thing! I hope you have a nice dinner and A LOT to be thankful for.
November 24th, 2005 19:26
Yeah!! I’m running the same race on Saturday:) I’m glad I waited since the temps will be slightly warmer then. Happy T-day, Jon.
November 24th, 2005 20:11
Way to go Jon. Those conditions sound like what we normally have up here this time of year, but ummm we have no snow and shorts weather. Very strange
November 24th, 2005 22:31
you’re awesome…
November 25th, 2005 00:49
Happy Thanksgiving, Jon!
November 25th, 2005 06:54
Happy Thanksgiving, I had a nice day at work thank you ;-) I have a half-marathon on December 3rd, I’m not expecting too much from this race either, the cold weather slows me down terribly. Maybe I can set a new PW - personal worst :-) It’s all about having fun, right!
November 25th, 2005 09:10
57? What? Are you a fin tailed Chevy?
Good for you, finishing first in the race. I’m on the staggered start. I did an 80 minute training run yesterday but it hurt so much that I’m going to start over again Saturday. Aren’t virutal races the best? You can rewind and re-run if you don’t like your first time.
November 25th, 2005 09:28
These kinds of races are fun! And the medal looks yummy, too. :)
I’ll probably be doing the same thing with the clothes over the next couple of weeks - we’ve got some drastic weather changes coming up.
November 26th, 2005 11:44
lol your personal worst,,, I will take it for a personal best!!! yeahhhhh
Heather
November 26th, 2005 12:54
running in the snow. wow. It was 82 degrees here today.
November 26th, 2005 19:01
that is clever!!!
November 27th, 2005 10:19
you make me laugh out loud.
happy thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2005 16:48
E-gads! You beat my time!!! Damn…. What performance-enhancing drug were you taking? Guess I should have doubled my Dayquil dose :)
November 27th, 2005 18:54
Beat my time, but it was colder up here!!!
November 30th, 2005 19:33
There trots sound so much fun!