Race #2 @ Callaway Gardens, Pine Georgia

Jill: "Hi Nicole"

Nicole: "Hi Ate. How was your race?"

Jill: "Great! Guess what? I won 3rd place in my age group!"

Nicole: "Wow congrats. (Ate Jill won 3rd place in her age group- she announced the good news to Mom and Cecile). So...how many were in your age group...4?"

Jill: "Haha...something like that!"

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I ran another 5k race this past Sunday morning. Although Saturday was a beautiful day without a cloud in the sky, it was pouring rain when I got up 6:30am on the morning of the race. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia was hosting their annual 5k - Half Marathon - Marathon Fitness Series and since Sharath signed up for the Half Marathon, I thought I might as well compete again and try to beat my last race results.

The path remained wet from the morning rain but since it was beautifully lined with endless trees and passed one of the lakes, it was more of a scenic run. The rain cooled me off as I ran and it soaked my tennis shoes (sneakers if you're not from Cali). I finished in 32min 57 seconds - 3rd place in my age group. FYI - 1st place in my age group was a woman who was 5 months pregnant and she finished in less than 25 minutes!

Why do I always have a funny story for who runs faster than I do? First there's a 64 year old grandma in the last month's race, and now a 5 month pregnant woman that finished 7 minutes faster than me. ;-)

Oh well. I was happy to finish faster than my first 5k race - not to mention that I took home a nice plaque for placing 3rd!

Now the aftermath. I did not properly prepare for this race, and both Sharath and I are extremely, I mean Extremely sore!!! Going up and downstairs is no fun and even laughing hurts. =(

Sharath ran a 13 miles so I can not even imagine being 4 times as sore as I am right now. I want run a few more races this year, but I need to get better at training for them.