The Painter's Sun 5K

I have already reached one of my goals for 2007. The goal was to run the Painter's Sun 5K in St. George, Utah, which was held last Saturday. I did even better than I was expecting to do. I hadn't set a goal for how fast I wanted to run it. I just wanted to run the entire race, which I did. But I finished the race in 34 minutes, 19 seconds (11.02 minute miles) and was 5th in my age group. I was extremely pleased with that result! It was a chilly 19 degrees that morning and many runners were buying earmuffs and complaining, but I have been running in the cold and dark almost every morning since October, so I thought it was a beautiful day for a run. I was annoyingly cheerful. Another one of the sweet things about it was that I came in ahead of an associate from my office who I expected would be in front of me. She is young and has long legs and was fully expecting, I think, to beat me. But my training paid off! So now, my next goal is to run the Leprechaun Lope on March 17th and this time I want to improve my time. Anyone who wants to train for it and run with me is welcome!