Snowball Series #1

 

Doing the series virtually this year as I won't be in St. Louis for all the runs.  I'm much slower when I'm running on my own as my time is definitely not as good as last year by a long way.  It is much harder to run in Denver as I feel like I am never here long enough to get used to the change in altitude and humidity.  Or maybe I'm just getting older and slower.  At least I'm still doing it AND I get the medals!!!!!

Hot Chocolate 15K 2025

Joe & I ran the Hot Chocolate 15K and both did well.  My pace was pretty good for a longer run and I was 3rd out of 7 in my age category, so right where I usually am.  Joe had a great run and his pace was 11:40-he took 30 seconds off his last year's pace.

Since Joe finished before me, he got a chance to take a photo as I crossed the finish line!!!!

Our usual "before" picture

Biting the chocolate!!!!

Our "after" photo

MO Cowbell 2025

 

Hard run today, we were just not feeling it.  We still made it in just under 3 hours, but I really did feel like I wasn't going to make it to the finish line.  We weren't the only ones, a lot of folks seemed in the same boat as us.

Macklind Mile

Joe and I ran Macklind Mile this morning.  They separate men and women, so he ran before me.  Joe ran in 8:30, that's really amazing for him.  It was very hot and humid098% humidity!!!!  Still, it's a really enjoyable race, even though my pace was not that great

 

All-American 5K

 

This was always one of my favourite runs-from Kirkwood Y to Webster Y.  It hasn't been held since before COVID, but I'm so glad it's back and hope it continues.  We did very well, pace was 11:32.  Joe said it's the fastest we've done together at the 5K distance.

Go! St. Louis Half Marathon

 

This was a great run with Joe.  The course was about as flat as it could be, there were a lot of water stations & the weather was perfect.  I cut 3 mins of my times last year so I'm very happy about that.  Most of all, I felt great afterwards

Frostbite Series #5 5K (should have been #3)

 

Well, I finished the series in 2nd place & ran a pretty good pace today.  It was cold (only 19), but felt warm as we've had a bitterly cold week