Sunday, March 18, 2012

Shamrock Shuffle 3K 2012




BibNameCityStateDivAgeSexChipTimeClockTimeOverallSexPlDivPlPaceDivtotSextot


1180 Michel Reams Lexington KY F35-39 35 F 18:36 20:25 957 467 39 9:59 194 1536


I had a great race yesterday (3/17).  It was beautiful weather outside.  This was my 2nd race of the year and my very first 3K.  There were 2,373 runners (837 men/ 1,536 women).  My last race, I ran a mile in about 11 minutes.  I wanted to better my pace and time to run it in 10 minutes.  Overall, I am very proud of myself.  My chip time was 18:36 and clock time was 20:25.  I'm improving each race.  I feel since it was a shorter distance I was able to push myself more.  My time could have been better.  The starting of the race was a little bit packed.  They divided the runners into 4 groups: 12min runners were up front, 16min runners were in the middle, 21min runners were in the back with the walkers/strollers.  I placed myself in the 21min group.  We started down a narrow street so I was having trouble making it up to the front and was weaving around runners that started off slow.  Next year, I will definitely be in one of the first two groups.  My husband and kids were there to cheer me on at the starting and ending of the race.  It's the best feeling to know you've got supporters out there.

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