Light up the City 5K

I decided yesterday morning to run a local 5K race in support of our local hospice. Our plans for last night had fallen through and having spoken to a friend who was doing it I thought ...yeah it's time.

It was an evenin g run. We did a 1 mile walk with the children first which was just a little warm up if that. Daisy enjoyed it and wanted to do the 5K. I think not! I have made that mistake before of taking her with me. She is not ready to run that type of distance.

My race bib!

The run was at 7.30pm so was just getting dark. The idea was for everyone to wear glow lights or run with flashing torches during the run. I had a measley glow bracelet on, just taking part was hard enough. Anyway, the route took us through the backstreets of Canterbury and pass all the youn spritelys out for a good time. There were cheers along the way and the odd jeers from blokes! It was actually really nice to hear people cheering you on and saying well done, keep going.

I ran with my friend but it wasn't long before she took off. She is a hardened runner and runs approx 30 miles a week. She has been doing it a lot longer that's my reasoning. I felt like I was being overtook a lot but then I would realise that I kept passing the same people. I didn't stop and to be honest found it hard work!! I find that sometimes I can get into a running pace really quickly and other times I just can't find it. Last night was one of those. However, it must have been because I was running quite fast for me. I found out at the end I had run the 5K (3.3miles) in under 30 mins which is my best I think?