Jailhouse Rock 5k Race Report

This race also counts for Courtney’s Virtual Race for Change benefiting LLS.

This is my 2nd time running this race. Last year, I won my age group & a pair of socks.

This summer, my tennis has taken up most of my time so I didn’t feel prepared to do well on this race. I had only run 5 miles since my last 5k race. I decided to just do it and get on with the weekend. NO EXPECTATIONS! NO DISAPPOINTMENTS!!

I remembered that the race ended with a BIG hill and there were some minor ones in between.

So…

Unfortunately, I got up feeling nauseous and tired exactly the same way I felt the day before. At least, the weather was perfect for a race – high 60’s and sunny with a breeze!!!!

I arrived at the race early enough and bumped into Melissa from the Happy Runner’s running group. I hadn’t seen her since the Freihofer race in June. She is training for the NYC Marathon but in this 5k, she was going to be pushing her daughter Mia in a stroller.

I knew I was in trouble when we had to walk up that big hill to get to the starting line and I was winded.

I started at the front. It doesn’t bother me that everyone whizzes by me. I felt sick the whole race – sweating (& it wasn’t hot), feeling like I was going to puke. During the 2nd mile, my head started to throb also. I only stopped at the water stop and I persevered to the end.

It’s times like this that the thought goes through your head, why am I running???? This is not fun…………

During last Saturday’s 5k I felt great and was surprised that my time wasn’t faster. This time, when I saw the clock at 29 minutes, I was shocked that I was so fast!!

I managed to finish under 30 minutes at 29:49!!! 2 seconds faster than last week.

I didn’t puke and after a while, my headache went away. So I hung around with Melissa to see if I won anything.

I DID!!!!!!!!

I won one of the raffle prizes – RoadID and I won 3rd place in my age group – a pair of Jailhouse Rock 5k socks (The same as I won last year.)