Well, this was my first race back after doing the Marine Corps Marathon back in October. I took the rest of the fall/winter to hone in on my strength training and interval running and cycling workouts. I ran this race on the campus of Colorado University's Boulder campus in Boulder, CO. Bryant and I were in Colorado for a winter vacation to include some time at my favorite place - the hot springs at Glenwood Springs and my first skiing experience at Sunlight Mountain!
The 5K was fun and probably one of the first 5K's that I have done in a long time. Overall it was a fun race, small field of runners but that's to be expected when it's about 20 degrees and there is snow and ice on the ground (the race definitely lived up to it's name!) I ran the race in 29:32 for an average pace of 9:30 min/mile. Not too bad considering the conditions. I was definitely starting to get winded halfway through - I'd only had 2 days to adjust to the altitude. I made a mental note that when I come back for the half-ironman in August that I give myself plenty of time to acclimate to the altitude.
My wonderful husband came out with me in the cold and snow and took the pictures above!
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