I won! I won!  I won my age group in the 5k today at Suwanee Town Center Park!

Okay, okay.  So I was the only person in my age group, and almost everyone finished ahead of me – but still, I won.  I’m not sure if that’s really a win, but whatever.  I shaved a few more minutes off my last 5k time, so I consider it a victory.

Ironman G whipped my tail in spinning class yesterday, so to get out of bed to run anywhere for any extended period of time (in 36 degree weather) was a miracle.  For those of you who spin, all I want to say:  eight minutes of “standing flats”.  Enough said.  That class caused me to spend most of my Friday night rolling on my foam roller and crying out in pain.  So… as I said…. to wake up to run anywhere this morning was a win in itself.
The Suwanee Greenway race course was mostly flat with a couple of inclines at the end.  It was the out-and-back format, so I enjoyed watching all the “real” runners pass me on their way back, while I was still heading out.  I headed out slowly, and could see the pack in front of me for a half-mile or so.  Then they all slowly faded away and it was me and one other runner (and the walkers behind us). I am shockingly slow, but at least I don’t stop or walk or lay down on the side of the road (at least I haven’t yet).  And there is something so amazing about the start of race, no matter how my start is.  The quiet, the excitement and my awesome race day playlists – I absolutely love the whole deal.  
I told the Expert today that I could run a race every weekend, which I guess some folks do.  There was a guy in the 65+ age group today that had 1500 races under his lifetime belt.  Wow.   So far, I have four 5ks and a sprint tri.  Only 1496 races left to go.  I look forward to someday actually being good at running, or cycling, or swimming (and hopefully, all three, simultaneously).  But in the meantime, I’m living the dreams in the body I have now.  Slow, fat and yes, a wee baby triathlete (thank you, Jayne Williams… I will continue to thank you for your book until kingdom come).
I am excited about the AFLAC Irongirl for June 2011, an extremely popular Georgia sprint triathlon at Lake Lanier.  Still, I am a little psycho.  So I actually have my eyes on St. Anthony‘s.  Who’s to say I can’t?  You may, but I won’t say it.
Skylar’s 5K and Special Needs Buddy Run was a race to benefit the Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett and Gwinnett Special Olympics.  The race was small, but the cause was big – a very nice event, venue and day for a run.

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