I love tennis, soccer, Brooklyn, cooking and baking, dreaming about traveling, photography.

Sometimes I like to pretend I'm really fit, like when I ran a half marathon last year. But mostly I just workout so I can eat more.

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    Oyster Ponds 5K

    This morning I ran the Oyster Ponds 5K. This was my fourth 5K race, but the first race I ran since I ran a half marathon on April 3, 2010. I can’t believe it’s been more than a year!

    My dad was the one who wanted to run, as I’ve mentioned I haven’t really been running a lot, so I can’t say I was too excited. But the gorgeous scenery driving out to Orient Point certainly helped.

    Nice view driving out to the 5K

    It was a very small, local race that was run out of the elementary school. I like when races have a real location because it means nicer bathrooms!

    School where the race took place

    Here I am before the race. Ready to run! It was very chilly, I kept my long-sleeve shirt on while we waited and even during the race.

    Before the race

    My dad stretching. He was in a much stranger pose when I first went to take the picture.

    This guy with the megaphone was in charge. Overall I thought the race was really well-organized. Granted there weren’t a lot of people (maybe 100-150?), but it was easy to sign in, they had lots of shirt sizes, they were very clear about when and where the race started, they started on time, and the course had mile-markers throughout.

    Plus, afterwards, there was plenty of cold water, orange slices, bananas, and bagels. Cream cheese would have been nice but that’s my only (very minor) complaint. 

    And here’s me after the race. 

    After the race

    I finished in 32:48 which is the slowest 5K I’ve run since I started running again. I didn’t have high expectations going in, but I did expect to beat the times I’ve been running in Prospect Park since the park is pretty hilly and this race course was pretty flat. However, my legs were SO tight that it made the first 2 miles pretty unbearable. I even stopped to stretch during mile 2 they were so tight. By the time I got to 3 miles I felt pretty good. Which is the hard thing about running shorter distances. But I was happy. 

    They did a really nice raffle and awards ceremony at the end. My dad (who finished in 25:12!!!) won 3rd place in the men’s 55-59 division. The old guys are always so fast!

    I sat under this tree stretching for a while.

    And then I won 2nd place (out of 2 people!) in the women’s 25-29 division!

    Overall a really great race and a good experience. And it didn’t rain!

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