St. Patrick's 5k: Thanks Mom!

So my mother decided to sponsor me for the St. Patrick's Day 5k race held in Downtown West Chester. I had posted a Personal Best a little while ago at 27:35 for the 3.1 miles. I wanted to bring that time down, and the last time that I went running for a personal best I ran it around 27:40. I was hoping that maybe the hype from the race day, along with the St. Patrick's Day atmosphere, and the fact that someone paid for me to race...that maybe, just maybe I could get the 5k in 27 minutes flat. I always have two goals however, that 27 minutes being the first, and getting anything under 27 minutes as my second.

I achieved my goal!

I ran the race and here are the results:
NikePlus had me clocked at 27:38
The official race results have me clocked at 26:42 (and so does Renae's picture)

Now, for my next one I wanna see if I can hit 26 flat!

The nice thing about Saturday was that the weather was gorgeous. Renae agreed to come down and hang out with Logan in West Chester and take some pictures while I ran. I am glad that she is so supportive of me :)

Here are some pictures from the race:

All 400 or so of us lining up for the start.

And we're off...I had to strategize how I  was going to make my way around some of the runners.

Making it happen!

Lol the pace was a bit quicker than what I normally run, and we had a nice little hill here...I thought I looked bad, but Renae pointed out #2129.

Just keeping it focused.

My friend Kate from work was also running, and Renae caught her posting a 24:09!!!

Here is where I finished at 26:42...next time I intend to sprint up the hill at the end to shave off some of those seconds.

Afterwards I wanted to sit and chill out while we talked with Kate and her husband Pat.

And I had to get a Personal Best Accomplishment photo with Logan :)