The cold let up a bit this morning for the Brooklyn Road Runners Club Valentines Day 5K. This was the first of many good things to happen at the event.
I had some race day nerves, though not really about running, more about the event itself. While NYCRUNS was not heavily involved in the race, this was a race with a lot of firsts for us. Some of them were...
*Our first Shwag, Magnets! These will be available for most people at the Cherry Tree next week, we're gonna run out though.
*The first time we organized entertainment for an event - the lovely and talented Lady Southpaw.
*The first time we really tested the publicity machine - We emailed, tweeted, and blogged for days about this.
*And the first time we hosted race results
All of this was a fantastic success. I think in the months to come, BRRC is going to be a great partner. We have some interesting ideas in the works and I hope to announce the big one at the NYCRUNS party next week.
Meanwhile back at the race, I turned in a workmanlike sub 8mm pace, nothing special, but nice considering my base got eviscerated the last 45 days or so. It will be a challenge, but for next week's Cherry Tree 10 Miler I'd like to break an 8:30 pace. 9:00 is a bit more likely though. It would be great to get 6.5 in tomorrow morning before my day gets swallowed by the hash.
Jess PR'd and so did Tony, though he had the luxury of this being his first organized race. Ah, to be a new runner. My 5K pr is at least 5 years old. If you other NYCRUNNERs want to add your time to this post, please comment away. It was great getting to see and meet some of you.
