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!
Congrats on the 10k! It looks like a beautiful, sunny day although 20s is chilly! Glad you got to do this with a friend. My running has been so thrown off lately.
Thank you! And it’s understandable it has been. I would wish you some stability but LOL.
Of course it was a speedy 10k! Your pre race fuel was on point!!! And of course your post race drink was on point as well.
Aww thank you!
Sounds like a perfectly wonderful day! 🙂
It was!
Congrats on the 10K! I mean, if pregaming is a cupcake, can the day be anything but a win?!!?
Thanks! Exactly!!!! LOL.
Pregaming with a cupcake is EXACTLY the way to start a race. Love that! Great job on the race!
Right?! You should do it for the stair climb 😉
Thank you!