Who’s a Wiener?

All you doubters and nay-sayers out there should be ashamed of yourself. Telling me to not run and pull off the course. Shame on you!

Yea, I ran the 5k. I put on the old $13 brace and did a little Mr. Miyagi mind over matter on the knee. And guess what? I felt pretty good. Not only that but I ran a 24:47.00. Yea Baby! Not only did I get a PR race time but I won the Men’s 30-39 age group. That is a pretty good time for me considering I have not ran since Tuesday while I was resting the knee.

The course was pretty hilly with two and a half laps around a city park. That meant I had to do the hills twice. Ugh! I started off real quick since it was down hill for about .5k. I then slowed down a little bit. The last 2k I picked up the pace and finished good and strong. There was a hill up to the finish line and I felt like slow motion going up that bad boy. But I made it. This was my first race where I wore a electronic timer bib so that was pretty cool. But I do think the course was just a little short. None the less my 24:47.00 was an official time so I can’t complain.

Here is a link to the official results. It only show the top 3 in each group and the top 3 also got medals. Yea! http://www.racedaytimingsolutions.com/GUTS_AND_GLORY_82507.HTM

I am pretty sure I would have pulled off the course if my knee was really hurting but it felt fine in the brace. Right now it is a little sore but no more than what it was yesterday. So I am pretty sure I did not do any more damage. Unless it swells up and starts hurting more I will run next week with the brace and play it by ear.

Our friend Jill also won her age group with a 29:53. Terra did the 5k walk and came in with a 38:11. Everyone did just great!