Two v. different 5Ks -- Sat. Jan 6th

Morning started with a "Snowstorm Classic 5K" - -the temperature was mid-60s, sunny showers. More like June than January -- maybe that's why there was such a good turnout, 128 people registered!! This was the day with R joining me, and we got there in good time. Showed him round a bit and then as we were getting a pre-run drink there was Mark -- nice timing. Did a mini warmup and then it was off: Mark disappeared quickly, and went on to do a 22:01, nice job, though he said his start was too fast and he was being passed quite a lot; still a good time, I think. R quickly got a stitch, and so we slowed and then he got frustrated because everybody (including a 6 y.o. and 8 y.o.) passed him. The rest of the run was mounting frustration and, alas, tears until near the end. Then he got some vigor back and headed for the finish strongly. Time was even slower than the Btown FunRun, but c'est la vie. So we both did something like this:

Time: 35:33 mins
Speed: 5.4 mph
Distance: 3.1 miles

Then we noshed a bit on chocolate stuff, which was cheering. Home to various post-Christmas chores, it being Epiphany, and then I just had time to go out for another run. So I did a variation of the Hamilton 5K, starting with the trails, popping out onto the road at the railway tracks and then finishing Hamilton, down Bay and up Allen to 9 and then 9 all the way back to St.P&Shop. A fortuitously balanced mix of road and trail, hill and flat. I felt a bit out of steam, a mere 4 hours since the morning run, but a fair time:

Time: 22:04
Speed: 8.5 mph
Distance: 3.12 miles

Comment: managed my 25 miles for the week, WOOT! It will be hard during the semester, but somehow, I'lkl stick with it. Yosh!!