Is a small race that I read about online and decided to stop by and run before heading up to Windham.
I hadn't been in old Orchard Beach for a long time. It was freezing cold!!! I was not feeling my best. It started later in the morning than I'm used to. Finding my pace is a little difficult. It was a fun race though. A lot of people dressed up as elves with wings, and bells and fun tights with elf like shoe coverings. The kids that saw the elves running down the road were very excited and happy. Yelling and clapping and pointing them out to mom and dad. Most of the beach was closed down and deserted. Was a nice easy course. No major hills except for one at the start. Around the 3 mile mark I was starting to feel like I had no energy left. So it wasn't working out to be a stellar race for me. I was surprised when I saw the clock reading just under 37 minutes. A nine minute plus pace isn't bad for feeling as bad as I was.
After the race I stuck around for a little while to warm up and to see the results. The first page I had a look at was actually the awards page. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I had placed third in my age group. This wasn't actually the first time that's happened, but the first time I stuck around to actually experience the thrill of it. For slow runner like me it's quite an accomplishment. Not everyone was as excited over my accomplishment as I was though…LOL
As you can see I am still quite chilly at the finish….
