If it was not for the blog today would have been a day that I didn't run, so I did the Hooper Tomato Days 5K. I was going to take my mom with me so she could do the walk but she is 82 and just getting over a cold so I thought it was better to keep her out of the rain. I visited her after on my way home. So the course was flat and just around a big block out in Hooper. I was bib 100 of 100 runners, so not a big run. I had a great run though, around the 2 mile mark I could tell that I was slowly closing the distance between me and the runner in front, so I picked up the pace thinking it would be great to post that I chicked some guy at the race. At around mile 21/2 I was closing in to about 20 yards, at almost the 3 mile mark I was shoulder to shoulder with him, we turned the corner and could see the finish, some guy breazed past us... then the guy I was next to ran to catch him... I could not pick up my pace enough to catch them before the finish :( so mad that I didn't beat him. They have not posted the official times, but if my watch is close, this was my fastest 5K in probably 6 years. :) Pretty Cool Huh!!! 3.1 miles - 24:45
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