As you may have already read on Melissa's blog, Team Ragfield participated in the Twin Cities Twosome 2x5K relay race yesterday. Melissa, six months pregnant with baby Fig, ran the first 5K leg in 26:55 before handing off the baton (a tongue depressor) to me (we practiced the hand off ahead of time).
I was moving a lot faster than most of the other runners on the course, and there were a lot of walkers out as well. I spent most of the time weaving through people, trying to balance my desire to run as little out of the way as possible with my desire not to knock some poor oblivious person over.
My mile splits were 5:40, 5:58, 5:57 and I finished my 5K leg of the relay right at 18:15. I had a good, solid race, though it wasn't quite as spectacular as last week's run. Sure, I was 16 seconds faster at the 3 mile mark (17:35 vs. 17:51), but I didn't already swim and bike beforehand yesterday.
Anyway, with two strong performances we placed 3rd in the husband/wife division in our first attempt at the Twin Cities Twosome. Though, I'm pretty sure we were the only threesome on the podium.
After the race I ran around a bit for a total of 12 miles on the day. This was my last semi-long run before the Rockford Marathon next Sunday.
7 comments:
go team Ragfield.
Best looking threesome on the podium, no doubt.
C O N G R A T S ! !
gscho
I agree with gscho. you THREE were quite awesome.. What a great race!! Now take it easy before the MARATHON in ROCKFORD, next weekend! hugs, nan
Congratulations to you all!! Have a great race next weekend! I look forward to reading about it.
Great job. That's especially great that Melissa is sticking with it through the pregnancy. Should make for a fast baby.
Congrats on the Twin Cities Threesome and the Rockford Marathon. Are you going to Boston next spring?
Ellen
Thanks, everyone! Ellen, we are planning to go to Boston next spring.
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