On Saturday, I ran the inaugural Margarita Run 5K Urban Run & 1 Mile Walk. This is a small local race which is for a great cause, benefitting Haines City Main Street, and close to my house. It was interesting running at 5PM but the weather was perfect. (What do most people eat when they race later in the day? I had breakfast but lunch was a difficult one. I ended up eating breakfast foods for lunch and hoped my stomach would be fine.)
Haines City has a great downtown area that is really on an upswing. I love seeing all the local businesses that are opening.
They had a cute mini expo in Railroad Park. I loved that a local Mexican restaurant, La Fiesta Mexicana, sold nachos and tacos. It went well with the margaritas.
We started running through an arch of balloons. (I took this picture after they unhooked one end of the arch.)
This course had a lot of hills (for Florida). It even took us on a dirt path and over some railroad tracks. The course sadly was not 3.1 miles.
At the two mile mark, I heard one of the volunteers yell that there was only a half a mile left. I looked at my Garmin and knew I could not have a half mile left because I cannot run that fast. The sad thing is that I would have had a PR if I maintained my average pace for the remained of the 5K.
At least there was a band.
Have you ever had a race go wrong?
Is it crazy that I will probably run this race again next year?
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Sorry to hear it wasn’t 3.1. I had a race this last weekend where it was the first time they had it and they did not have people at corners to tell you to turn. So several of us made 2 wrong turns.
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That stinks! I always try to look at the course map but would get lost if there weren’t signs or people directing me.
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Congrats on your (almost) 5k! I ran a half marathon once that was short…though I still claimed it as my PR until I finally bested it this year!
New to your blog – came here from the blog hop. I am looking forward to following your training (I’m a Jillian DVD devotee too!).
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Thanks so much!
I do love Jillian and getting a great workout without leaving my house.
Dina recently posted..A 5K That Was Not 3.1 Miles
that has got to be frustrating!! i help with a local running club and they also do timing for races and I mentioned this happened to someone doing a half. If the course isnt certified they can do what they want apparently and that is crazy to me!
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It was a little frustrating but knowing it was for a good cause really made it a lot better.
Hopefully next year will be better!
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