Rachel and I ran the Freeze for Food 10K in Madison, WI yesterday!

The race was at 1:00, and started and ended at the Henry Vilas Zoo, and went through the arboretum and a little around a lake.

It was in the 20s, with clear blue skies, and a bit windy.

We averaged 11:48s with a 1:13:11 finish time. My easy pace has been around 13:00 lately so that was speedy for me! I didn’t exactly train for this (I ran 5+ miles last weekend to make sure I could), so I feel a little wrecked today. When I finished, my watch said I needed 90+ hours of recovery! Ha ha. Oops.

The race flew by though. We chatted the whole time. We hadn’t seen each other since September and had a lot of catching up to do! I got to Rachel’s at 11:00 and we jumped right in, pregamed with a cupcake,

ran the race, had drinks with her lovely coworkers after,

had dinner together, then I drove back home! It was a wonderful day that left me feeling fulfilled and happy. But that’s 100% on brand for any time spent with Rachel!