I can't leap tall buildings in a single bound and I'm definitely not faster than a speeding bullet. I'm hardly faster than a still bullet. But on Saturday, September 28th, I ran the Super Hero 5K anyways. I went dressed as my favorite comic book villainess, Harley Quinn (from the Batman series). And apparently red and black are my colors, because I rocked it!
I PRed with a 40:48 finish time. That's almost seven minutes faster than my last 5K. The ironic part of this is that I thought I was doing terrible during the race. I had NO idea I'd gotten a new PR until the results posted later that day. I was with a couple of girls from my running group and had warned them that I'm not particularly fast. I actually ran the entire first mile (that was a first in itself). But after that, I felt like I had to take so many walk breaks that I was worried I'd be crawling across the finish line. Just before the first mile marker one of the girls I'd come with caught up to me (she had to stop to fix her shoe). She stuck with me for most of the race but ran ahead towards the end. Little did I know that by trying to keep up with her, I'd improved!
It was a pretty good run for the most part. It was fun to dress up, and the organizer did a great job making the event festive. The Arizona Justice League was in attendance and in costume for participants to take pictures with. I even got arrested by Commissioner Gordon! There was food, music, a photo op area, cardboard cutouts of heroes and villains alike, and a push-up contest.
Fun times were had by all and I limited my destruction to a bare minimum (I left my giant hammer at home).
So what does one do next after a shiny PR? They prepare for their first10K apparently! Here we gooooooooooo!
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