5K

I ran the Awesome Autumn 5K this morning in Jackson. It was the smallest, least organized run I had ever been in. I give the weather partial credit for making it so small- the wind chill was in the upper 30s and it was sprinkling for part of the morning. The woman in charge had decided not to put up the arrows showing everyone where to run, so she handed out direction sheets that told you streets to turn on. We all had to run with our directions. Only 14 people had shown up to run or walk. Of the 14, 3 had planned on walking and decided not to before the run began; one quit about 15 feet past the starting line; and 2 quit halfway through the run when a car drove around to check on everyone. That left only 8 people finishing. At least with such a small group, I was able to finish top in my age group. I ran a 31:03, which is not very good, but considering the weather and how much I have been running lately (hardly at all), I guess that's better than I could have expected.