Day No. 33: Today was race day. I was racer 6679. It was an amazing day, and I am proud of myself. I finished my first of many races to come. I was not the fastest and I was not the slowest, but I was somewhere in the middle. Out of the 176 runners, I placed 96. The race was a 12K race which was ruffly 7.5 miles, but there was some discrepancies with people's individual tracking devices. My Nike sensor told me I ran 8.19 miles. I tend to believe it as it has been accurate to date. Either way I finished. My time was 1 hour 5 minutes and 14 seconds which made my overall pace 8 minutes and four seconds per mile (according to my shoe sensor) or 8 minutes and forty-four seconds (according to the website). Either way I was happy that it was under nine minutes.Today started off extremely cold. I believe it was 37 degrees and when the race ended for my a little over an hour the temperature rose to 55 degrees. The first three miles were a breeze, but it wasn't until my 6th mile that I began to slow a bit. The run was along St. Marks Trail (a local trail) which consisted of many trees and little scenery. I was excited to see that a local photographer took pictures of the race, so I at least have a picture memory of the race. Below are three great action pics of me and one of Jules running our little butts off.
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