Gallup Gallop

This morning, I ran another 5K race, which bore the humorous title of Gallup Gallop, since it was held at Gallup Park, a pleasant spot in Ann Arbor on the Huron River where Michelle and I used to take Christy and John for day trips when I still an inpatient at St. Joseph Hospital following my accident back in 1993. Today was a gorgeous day for a race - brightly sunny and warm, but not hot (68 degrees) - and it was a pleasant size field. We were told that there were slightly over 300 runners. I did relatively well, although not as well as I had hoped. I couldn't spot the starting line, so I took the best guess I could with my watch, and will thus be eager to learn my computer time. But I recorded a time of 29:34 (a pace of 9:31 per mile), which, though not a bad time, was not a record, either. I had run a 5K race in Mason on May 1 in 29:14, and last December 13 I ran the Holiday Hustle in Dexter during a light snowfall in 29:29. Oh well - I guess this will keep me from complacency next time I run a 5K! (Though I don't yet know when that will be.)