Pilgrim 5K

Thanksgiving morning we ran a 5K at Thanksgiving Point - the Pilgrim 5K.  Two of Scott's sisters, one brother in law and one niece and nephew ran with us too!  It was fun to have a group!  It wasn't as cold as when we ran this two years ago either.

I was hoping to do better in the race and started off running at a normal pace but I felt like I was breathing so heavily like I just couldn't get enough air.  By the end of the race I felt really winded and bad.   My Fitbit showed by heart rate being higher than normal the whole time so I felt pretty bad at the end of the race...and still didn't run that fast.  I was kind of disappointed with my performance but I think I was really affected by the altitude.  Our town's altitude is 200 feet.  Lehi is 4500ish.  Maybe I was still tired from the half marathon although I have run several times since then (including since we got to Utah).  Anyway, it was fun to run as a pilgrim, although we all agree those bonnets are universally unflattering.  ;)

Here we are at the end

We all got tiny pies in lieu of medals

And pumpkin bread muffins

Photo op by fake Plymouth Rock (see us at real Plymouth Rock HERE).

I was surprised and happy when I saw I got 4th place in my division (women 35-39)!  I missed getting 3rd place by 8 seconds!!  1st through 3rd place in each division won a big pumpkin pie.  Wish I had run better.  Curse you altitude!  ;).