rain on race day

Hi friends!  Long time so see.  Ok, so you remember a while back when I said I had a 5k at the end of May.......well neither did I until this week, and the race is today!  Ugh, I did a practice run on Monday at what I hope will be my race pace, and it was ugly.  I felt like I was just suckin' air the whole time, couldn't get a good breath.  I'm hoping today goes better. 

The weird thing is, is that this race is at 3:00 in the afternoon, I'm used to running races in the morning, so its hard to stay pumped up and motivated. I have come to the conclusion that I really like this feeling though, of having a race to do, so I already started looking up ones for June - I'm excited :)

The race I'm doing is part of the Med City Marathon Weekend in Rochester, MN.  Since I'm a slacker I'm only doing the 5k and fast-pants McGee is doing the marathon tomorrow with a buddy.

Also, today the weather SUCKS!  The temp is actually pretty good for a race, but its raining.  I don't have a problem running in the rain, I just hate starting when its already raining.  Oh well, all the lucky spectators will be treated to a nice wet-t shirt contest...woof

if you cant tell, its pretty gloomy, thanks a lot mother nature

Since the weather is craptastic, I decided to lift my spirits with some new gear!

 yippee!

These are the Nike Tempo shorts.  I really like these a lot.  I only have one other pair, but they are great.  The sporting good store that I got them from had them on sale for $25.00....might need to get another pair while the sale is still going...

Well kids, wish me luck, should be a fun and sloppy race! I'll be back with a race recap.