This Saturday Tony and I participated in the Valentine's Day 5K put on by Twin Cities in Motion. It was Tony's first 5K and what an thrilling and chilling day it was.
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| Waiting in the car to stay warm before the race starts |
It was a frigid 1 degree when we woke up the morning of the race. COLD. It did warm up to a balmy 3 degrees before we ran.
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| Tony's look here expresses how I was feeling |
I have to say it was one of those races where I thought twice about going, but I didn't want Tony to catch wind of it so I tried to project lots of outward enthusiasm.
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| Ready to run |
There is a tradition at this race of wearing sign that display your relationship status. I made my own unaware that they have them there, but kept them because ours are pretty cute and fun.
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Truth is we walked more in this race than I normally do, but that's okay - it's still good to get out there. Our time was still relatively solid: about 46:30, and we weren't last (for some reason Tony was worried). We also did another thing I don't normally do in races which is skip - between the "taken" signs and skipping I think we made a pretty goofy looking pair.
At the end of the race, I caught up with a couple of running buddies - it's a little cliche but I think it's true what they say Women (and men I suppose) from Minnesota are tough - who else would run in 3 degrees?
Have you ever ran in the "extreme" cold?
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