Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Old Glory Run 5K Race Report!

On Saturday morning I drove to Cold Spring, Minnesota to run in my second 5K of the season. The city of Cold Spring is where I graduated from high school so it holds a special place in my heart. I registered to run in a wonderful race called the Old Glory Run. It is a race where all of the proceedes go the help local veterans who served to protect our country. It is a great cause and I was happy to run.

If you look at this picture above you can see it was raining. The weather was not the best but it did not hinder the outcome of runners and support for this great cause. I was standing under the coffee tent when I took this picture. It was all good because I was able to people watch and chit chat with other runners wanting coffee:)

After a few minutes of waiting under the tent I noticed my very good friend Jean! Jean and I ran track together in high school. We actually ran on several of the same relay teams. It was so nice to see her and catch up. I love this picture!

The race started at 11 AM and a few minutes before we all headed to the start line. This picture shows my view of the people behind me. When I was waiting in line I noticed several of my St. Cloud River Runner peeps who were also running. This run was my first 5K ever two years ago. I remember how nervous I was not knowing how it would go or how I would do. That first 5K was a tough one. It was challenging for sure....big time sucking air and heart rate explosions....not good:) It was kind of weird because I was not nervous for this run and that never happens. I felt calm and at peace with myself. In a few minutes we were off and the race started. I was just running on how I felt. I didn't feel like I started off too fast. My breathing and heart rate felt fine. There were several huge puddles to dodge along the route. After getting my feet wet going through the second huge puddle I just didn't care anymore. Oh what the hell! LOL! My feet were totally soaked:) Oh well, it was just a quick 5K and I would live. Mile one went by and my Garmin read 7:20 and all was good. The course went through the city of Cold Spring. There were a few little hills and several turns. Mile two went by and I didn't look at my garmin. I just kept running trying to keep a steady pace. In my mind I didn't think that I was running any faster than last week. Actually I was expecting around the same time or slower than last week because of the rain and puddles. Along the race route I heard a few people yell, "Go Julie!" I found this interesting...out of all of the people running who and the hell is going to recognize me? Thanks for the cheers Sue and Brian!! I continued on the last mile remembering that the home stretch is a long street leading down to the baseball field finish. I looked at the road I was running on and knew I only had a little more to go before this last stretch. I was feeling okay and picked it up a bit. I took the left hand turn that led me down to the finish. I ran the same pace that last stretch and could see the finish. Eventually I could see the clock....holy cow....23:25 and a little left to go! I picked it up and finally crossed the finish. I am pretty sure I was smiling:)

After catching my breath and grabbing a water I bumped into a few of my running group peeps. From left to right we have Lyndon, Dave, me and Curt.

A little later I ran into one of my very best friends from high school. Clare ran her first 5K and did awesome! She walked part of it and still had a great time. I was able to chat with a few more people that I graduated with before checking for my results. I walked over to the results board and was shocked to see that my final time was 23:31 and it was enough to give me third place for my age group again!!

After the awards cremony I got one more picture of Curt and his son Kyle. They both also had age group wins. It was a good day and a little rain never hurts:) It gives us character and makes us stronger. I will take a little rain over hot and humid any day!

My final stats are.....final time 23:31

I placed 85 out of 1017.

I placed 16 out of 660 women.

I placed 3 out of 114 for my age group.
Happy running, biking, swimming, lifting and surfing! Cheers to you all!

34 comments:

  1. Woohoo! Congrats on getting 3rd place in your AG! That is awesome!! It sounds like it was a great race, even with the rain! :)

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  2. You look great Julie! And congrats on a great time! :)

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  3. 3rd in your age group: another podium congrats! You ran a very fast race. A beautiful report with many nice pictures.
    Is the "old glory" the flag of the USA?

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  4. Wow, what an awesome 5K time! You are so speedy! Congrats on the AG win, too!

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  5. Congrats on your 3rd place! And what a great race report!

    Julie, I heard on the news about the tornado's and I hope you and your family are fine. I thought about you when I heard it.

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  6. 3rd place! Wow Julie, you REALLY are back!

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  7. Congrats on a fantastic race speedy girl! Dare I say your former track star self came shining thru! Great job in the rain and all!

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  8. Woohoo! 3rd place! Great job.

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  9. Congrats on the 3rd place! Awesome job especially with the rain!

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  10. Excellent job!! What an exciting home town run!

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  11. It sounds like an awesome race, and it's so great that you got to catch up with some high school friends at it! Congrats on placing again! You are rackin' up the bling, chica! I'm hoping to do a couple of 5ks at the end of June/beginning of July. Any in southern Minnesota that you would recommend?

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  12. Way to go, Speedy! You're racking up the medals. :) Great cause, and a cool t-shirt, too. :)

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  13. Great great job. And it looks like had a great time too! Double score.

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  14. Um...is the weather EVER nice in our neck of the woods? Snow, cold, rain... :)

    Congrats girl on a great race, you are getting your groove back and it's so exciting to see it coming along!

    xoxo

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  15. Running yourself onto the podium! Congratulations! I'm certainly reading blogs of some fast runners. Great run Julie! It's always nice to meet friends at races. Have a good week!

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  16. Nice job, girl! And what a GREAT CAUSE to run for! Woot woot!

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  17. Nice work Julie! You really own the 5k distances!

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  18. Fabulous! You are certainly starting off this race season with quite a bang. Congratulations!

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  19. OMG Julie... seriously?! Your medal rack must be falling off the wall by now! Congrats!!!

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  20. Yay, Julie! You are getting your mojo back!!!
    Congratulations on a great day!

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  21. Excellent job! You should have been smiling.

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  22. congrats on another AG award speedy! :) and in the rain no less. way to go!

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  23. Wow, what a great day! Seeing old friends, new friends, and an AG podium finish. Awesome!

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  24. 3rd in your age group! You did another great 5 km race. You're speedy, Julie, congrats for you time taken.

    The blue T-shirt is nice. I like running for social causes too.

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  25. Julie, you killed your age group.
    So much so that you ran too fast for in-race pics! Congrats on the time, the 3rd place, and the hardware.

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  26. Hey Girl! Couldn't find your email address but wanted to put FitFluential.com on your radar as I think you would be a good fit! :)

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  27. You know... in Florida, they have places called HOT SPRINGS :-) Look at you!! Back on home turf, winging, and getting third in age group? That's stella! way to GO!!

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  28. That's a great result there - nice one!

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  29. Hi,

    Congrats on your results - just came across your blog - very nice - I'm just starting one but it has been fun sharing running experiences so far. Keep Running and thanks for sharing!!

    Jeff

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  30. Love seeing your reports with all those photos of happy you with happy people. Why doesn't everyone run? It just looks so FUN :-)

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  31. Well done Julie, that's a great run! it's about the time i'm aiming for for 5k in a couple of weeks. I keep getting injuries and niggles though which hold me back. Look forward to reading more posts! Great blog :)

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  32. Hi!

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    Safe and Happy Training :)

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  33. Did your official time/distance match-up with your Garmin? Everytime I run the Old Glory, I always feel like the course is a bit shorter than a 5k, hence a faster than normal time for me. Just curious if anyone else has ever noticed it.

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