Scope It Out 5K

I am up in Washington DC this week and ran a 5K race this morning.  The weather went from the mid 80's and sunny on Friday to in the 50's and rainy this morning.  Not the best of weather but that was part of the fun.

Melanie and I did a warm up run from the hotel to the starting line at around 8:10 this morning. After a small detour and about 3.5 miles we found our way to freedom plaza and the start of the 5K Scope it Out Race.  We got there just in time to stretch, use the restroom, walk to the front of the starting line...and then we were off.  We were very lucky that we were able to easily make our way to the front, so there was no fighting for road space once the race started. My intentions were to hold pace with Melanie for the first mile, but I quickly lost site of her after about .1 miles in.  None the less, I had a great first mile, clocking it at 7:42. I think this might be my fastest mile since I started back up running.  Second mile was 7:56 and third was 8:05 with a strong finish of 24:50.  A new PR for me by 1:03.  I love 5K's!!