The Race of my LIFE- Not..but it was FUN!

in my younger day, I used to road, trail or mountain race at least 3x a month. The past 5 years, not so much. You know, getting older!

I have had foot surgery, hip issues and Rheumatoid arthritis (mildly) so I hike a lot, and jog some, not too fast, just nice and easy. Today, I knew I would push myself in the Duke City 10k race. It is just what I do when I line up for a race. Without training for it, and trying to keep my body from breaking, I cannot train hard, but I knew I could run my best this morning and it would be okay. My goal was to run each mile in 9 minute pace. I always like to beat my goals, which I did. I ran it in 8:48 per mile pace. Not too bad for an almost 54 year old who has thousands of miles on her body. It was a blast. I was so thankful to be out there, doing this again.

In the past, I have run TWO Duke City full marathons- 6-7 Duke City half marathons, 2 Duke City 10ks, 3 Duke City 5ks and been on two Duke City marathon relay teams- which we won the whole thing when I was age 38. GREAT memories! In my younger days well, I was quite fast. I have the memories with my forever, and they are mine. No one can take them away.