Weekend Race Report

I ran in the Aroma Park Two Rivers Festival 5K this morning. Such a perfect day for it. I had never run this race before and was glad that I finally did. It was a nice out-and-back course with very little traffic. I don't usually like running alongside anyone because I need to be really focused when racing, but Melinda S. and I were running next to each other at the same exact pace, and after about a half mile out, she asked if she could run with me. We were completely in sync, and it worked out very well; we both pushed each other a bit. I ended up shaving about 18 seconds off of last weekend's race time, finishing at about 27:33 and placing first in my age group. My goal is to break 27:00 now.