Race Report: Race to Wrigley 5k
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 5:09PM Ordinarily, I don't schedule races so close together (I ran the Shuffle last weekend), but I decided to go ahead and run the Race to Wrigley 5k this past Saturday. I've been working really hard on my speed, so I was interested to see how my 5k time might have improved since November's Believe 5k.
TOTAL TIME: 30:42
AVERAGE PACE: 9:55
It's not sub-30 yet, but it's 3:18 faster than the Believe race! I'm really proud of that. It's a new PR for me. If I keep working, I think this is definitely my year to break that 30-minute 5k mark. I took three 30-second walk breaks, and my run segments ranged from 9:15-9:45 pace for the most part. My sister Tweets says I should get into a fight with Bossyboots and then run angry. That's how she got her first sub-30. :)
The race itself is pretty fun, as far as 5ks go. You start and finish at Wrigley Field, one of Chicago's greatest historical treasures and site of many a drunk frat boy. Every Chicagoan takes a turn living in Wrigleyville sometime during their residential tenure... usually for no more than a year. There's only so many times a drunkard can use your front yard as a toilet before you depart for a quieter neighborhood. I used to live directly across the street from the ballpark. Hearing the game cheers was amazing, but a year was long enough for me!
Bossyboots was kind enough to be Wrigley-T's and my personal papparazzi for the day(!):
Before the race... clearly I couldn't be bothered to put on actual racing clothing. I was feeling lazy that day!
2 minutes after the above picture, we had to remind ourselves of our respective sunny attitudes in the midst of freezing rain.
Hall of Famer Ernie Banks saw us off at the starting line!
Seriously. The rain.
The finish chute was staged through the Wrigley concourse... this guy was apparently having a great day!
Rain, rain, rain...
Wrigley-T snagged her first sub-30 on this race, and mine is close, I know it! Thank you, Bossyboots, for the photos!
Running, race report
Reader Comments (5)
Make those 30-second walk-breaks 15-second walk-breaks and I think you've got yourself a sub-30 5k!! Congrats on your PR anyways, 3:18 off on a 5k is quite impressive!!!
Congrats on your new 5K PR! I'm sure on a nicer weather day you'll break 30. You are so close!
You are so close to your sub-30! Congrats on the PR, especially in such awful weather!
Congratulations - how cool! :)
I saw you on Oprah today!! :-)
Right in the 1st 30seconds....the showed a few people in the audience, and there you were! Just thought I would let you know that you are now famous! haha! :-)