Hot Chocolate 15k

Last year I could barely run this race as a 5k. That morning, the temperature was "feels like 18 degrees". Too cold for this girl! Sarah and I "ran" the race and Steve did the 15k. Our time was 49:51. Which was a 16:05 minute mile.

This year, we left Sarah at home so we could really run! We sent the kids to the grandparents and we used Friday night to go and get our race packets and eat dinner at Olive Garden. I used this race as a long run in training for the Princess Half Marathon in a few weeks. My 5k time was 32:33 and my 10k was 1:07:34. I completed the 15k (9.3 miles) in 1:41:36. This is a 10:55 minute mile. Whoop! It was so fun. And the chocolate at the end...so good. Hot chocolate and things to dip in the fondue chocolate (rice crispie, marshmallow, pretzels). Loved it!

The first part was super flat so I ran the whole first 3.1 miles. (This is a huge accomplishment for me as a run/walker). (I have only run the WHOLE thing one other time--Sept 2011. For that race, that was my goal. Now my goal is distance.)