Yeti Chase

My sister and I walked the Yeti Chase 5K this morning on a most gorgeous January day in Colorado. The temperatures were very mild, the sun was shining, and the race was sold out. We had a nice leisurely walk and good conversation. There's lots of stuff going on in our lives right now so it was nice to have some time together to catch up on things. We stopped at Starbucks on the way for a hot beverage. We were able to get a close enough parking spot at the park where we could get back to the car and not need to check a bag. We even had time to stand in line for a potty break and then stretch a bit.

Our official chip time was 51:01 according to the race web site which seems pretty accurate. My Garmin time was 51:03. We had no expectations for this one. In fact, we thought about skipping it and just getting breakfast. We were both glad we didn't skip it. We always feel better after it's done.

This was the 2nd race in the winter distance series. I'd originally signed up for the long series (5K, 10K, half marathon) but changed it after I didn't get any training runs going. I'm ok with that. In fact, it's more fun to get back into the races with my sister. We are sort of in the same boat, with the same goals, and similar struggles to reach those goals. The next (and last) race in the series is in just two weeks. It's the Ralston Creek 5K and Half Marathon. After that, we plan to register for a 6 race series that builds to a long run of 10 miles in July. That should be fun. :-) We will be able to challenge ourselves to get the workouts in and push ourselves to make some progress. :-)

Tomorrow is the last On Ramp day for CrossFit. I'm excited to graduate! :-)