I was really holding off on doing this post until I had great photographic evidence, as well as official race times . . . but alas I do not (nor prolly will have) either of these things. So even still, I wanted to post a huge shout out to the work crew who raced on Friday.
A few times a week, i've regularly been running with three of my co-workersconspirators. Each of us have a different athletic level, ranging from me who have completed a couple of half marathons, to a soccer player all throughout high-school and college to those just getting their feet wet in 5k races. It's been an absolute blast running with them, and a huge boost to our general happiness at work.
We signed up for our local Greek Fest 5k, and on Friday we all lined up together to run as a team. Our general times finishing 5ks in our weekly training run was a not-to-shabby 35 minutes. We typically ran a loop around Buffalo that was both scenic and offered a little variety.
On Friday we decimated our training paces.
All of us finished around the thirty minute mark. Ellie was a great pacer for the lead runners, and everyone blew away whatever goals they had. Monica actually took first place in her age group, the hyper-competitive 25-30 age bracket with a time of just a little over 22 minutes. Congrats!
Additionally, Maria completed her first ever 5k race, and got to cross the finish line with her kids in hot pursuit. It was a great sight to see.
The race was fantastic, followed up with a great Greek dinner. Who could complain? I am eagerly awaiting the next race on our slate, in the Corporate Challenge, which will hopefully prove to be just as fun for everyone as this past weekend was. Congrats everyone!
Running and Greek food? Can’t go wrong there !