Surf City 5K in Huntington Beach

To push myself to get more active, I signed up for a 5k (3.1 mile) walk in Huntington Beach on Superbowl Sunday. My girlfriend Michelle signed up with me. We drove down on Saturday to arrive in the pouring rain to pick up our jerseys. We got soaked!! Fortunately, we stayed in a hotel that had washers and dryers so we were able to dry our jeans and jackets.
We woke up to a beautiful Sunday and the energy at the race was thrilling. The 5K race started after all of the marathon runners went through and then we were off. Michelle and I started in the last wave of people and we walked. By the end, my ankle was in a lot of pain and it was hard to make it through (I had injured my ankle 11 years ago and now have scar tissue built up around the ankle bone) but I am very proud to say that I did it!
Here are my statistics:
Overall: 2301 out of 2494
Women: 1490 out of 1636
F 35-39: 219 out of 233
Age/Grade: 27.66% Place: 2361
Finish: 54:33 Pace: 17:34
Tag Time: 54:33
Gun Time: 1:06:08
I was really happy to have done it in under an hour.

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