When thinking of a name for this post, I thought I would entitle it “Running in Memphis”. After my poor attempt at my 2nd 5K, I decided it should be “Running (w/ some occasional walking) in Memphis”……
This past weekend we decided to attempt another 5K. Our good friends, Brooke and Corey that live in Huntsville, were coming to Memphis to visit her brother. Since we don’t get to see them often and are only 2 hours from Memphis, we decided it would be a great weekend trip and why not do a 5K too!!
We both had really good runs on Thursday and were planning on beating our times on Saturday. The race started at 5:00 (unlike most that are in the morning). We thought the time may be at our advantage since we are evening runners anyway. Not to mention the run took you down Front St. and then up Riverside Drive, so there were plenty of attractions to distract you from the pain. Well, unfortunately we were wrong….we both STRUGGLED on this one and finished worse than our 1st 5K :( Jason finished right at 31:00 (his goal was to break 30) and I finished at 38:00 (goal was 35:00).
Both of us were disappointed, but we decided to blame the 86 degree temps and humidity on our poor performance. Since we began running (in Jan) the weather has always been cool. So Saturday was really our first attempt to run in some major heat. However, we are not going to let it get us down. I’m just going to have to start pushing myself a little more. Despite the lack of meeting our goals, the race was really fun and we would recommend it to anyone looking for a 5K in Memphis.
The official name of the race was RACE JUDICATA. The U of Memphis Law School and Memphis Area Legal Services sponsors the race. It begins and ends in Jefferson Davis Park overlooking the MS River. They had a live band after the race and plenty of food and drinks.
Over all we had a great little one night get-away to Memphis. Exercised, ate great food, spent time w/ dear friends and enjoyed beautiful weather :)
**Sorry…no race pics….left my camera in the car and we were looking ROUGH to say the least!!
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