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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Last Run Recap

On Saturday we ran the Last Run Holiday Lights Through the Park 5K.  That was my 13th and final race of 2019.  For some reason I was dreading it ahead of time, you know that negative thinking "Why am I doing this? It's going to be cold! I don't want to run!"

In retrospect, that is probably because it is the only race of the year that starts at 5:00 p.m. in the evening.  Normally, we are out the door early in the morning, coffee in hand, with no time to think about NOT going.

However, when I was standing watching the pre-race fireworks, bopping to the music on the speakers and feeling toasty warm from all the holiday-bedecked runners packed in around me, I was really glad I was there.
Photo courtesy of Albany Events/Andrzej Pilarczyk
I found some hand warmers at home and I used those to keep my hands toasty with my little red gloves. The red ones matched my holiday attire which is part of the fun.

The first mile was incredibly slow as the roads were narrower than usual due to the big snowstorm we had five days earlier. That created somewhat of a logjam for those of us in the back.  Once we got past that, it was free and clear going. The holiday lights were fun too look at.

Photo courtesy of Albany Events/Andrzej Pilarczyk
All in all, my time was 40:17 (12:58 pace). I came in number 1,120 out of 1,513 total runners.

A lot of our running friends were there which made it even better.  We went out afterwards; our friend wanted to use up two $25 gift certificates that he had won in a raffle a few weeks earlier.  We had no idea what the place would be like. Fortunately, it was a little pizza joint so we looked perfectly appropriate in our crazy holiday running getups. It was less than $25 for four of us, so our friend will have to go back!

Thanks for reading!

1 comment:

  1. I have never run an evening race. One with Christmas lights sounds cool. Wow, less than $25 for four people is great!

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