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RACE REPORT

Louisville Pure Tap 5K

The smell of high octane racing fuel. The ear shattering sounds of high performance engines firing up, the screaming of fans, tailgate parties. Ah the sights and sounds of race day. Unfortunately there were none of those yesterday.

Wet grass,  chilly breeze off the river, DJ playing bad music with lots of thumping bass, a giant water cup mascot who looks like he won a Master Shake look alike contest and enough colored shoes(Most of which can be seen in the above photo) to make Roy G Biv smile. That’s a typical foot race morning. Still rather exciting.

It was a wonderful day for everyone involved. PRs all around. It was especially sweet for Basil. He completed the Couch to 5K program while running his first 5K race. Big congratulations to him and welcome to your addiction!! Both Robbie and I finished in 26:03 with an 8:21 pace. In fact, we crossed the finish line side by side(took a bit of an extra sprint in the end to pull that off. He was about 30 feet up on me). Hopefully there are race photos because it would be pretty cool! And the icing on the cake is both Robbie’s Wife and Father are walkers who PRd. This was an epic morning.

This was the acid test of my knee recovery. Downhill is what caused my latest issue(with some help from laying around the house after surgery). This race had a half mile down hill run(naturally only after climbing up it). I experienced no discomfort. The knee was solid as a rock. Still ached a little last night but we are close to 100%. The surgery knee already is at 100%. Onward and upward.

Next Race: The Great Pumpkin 10K. It will be both Robbie and my first 10k race and in a very serene and beautiful park.

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