I ran a 5K race on Sunday, September 25.  Good running weather, about 68* and cloudy.  The race was at the local community college, around the different entrances and parking lots with a brief span on the road.   I finished in 26:58 which is anew 5K PR for me. 

The first mile was all downhill.  I finished this in a speedy 7:11.  The next mile had some uphill.  After 2 miles, my time was 15:59.  So the last 1.1 miles were almost all uphill.  I took a short walk break on the steepest hill.  My time for the last 1.1 miles was 9:59.  DH met me at the end and encouraged me to finish under 27.  Yea!!!  (He finished at 23:43.)  So my overall pace was 8:41 per mile.

I was 33rd overall out of 58 people.  9/20 for women and 3/3 in my age group.  Didn't win any shiny things or any door prizes.  But it was a good race, that I'd like to do again next year.  My next scheduled race is another 5K on Oct 16.  (There's a 5 mile race 10/9 that I'm still considering entering.  I did it last year, but did miserably because of all the hills and a lack of training.  So I kinda want to improve my time from last year, but I don't want to do all those hills!)