Doyle's 5 Miler

SO Brian and I ran the  Doyle's 5 Miler yesterday (Sunday) with a group of friends. It couldn't have been nicer out, mid 60s, sunny, nice breeze. My unofficial time was 48:20, which beat my goal of 50 minutes (10 minute miles). I think I definitely could have run faster, as my last mile split was under 8 minutes. Madi, Patty and I took it out nice and easy, and were chatting for a good part of the race, so we weren't taking it too seriously. There were also a LOT of other runners, right up until the chute I was weaving in and out of people. I even had a lady try to budge me in the chute, which I thought was pretty lame considering we obviously weren't in position to win the race or anything. I also want to congratulate Brian and Chris, who took out their first mile in 5:45 and were able to maintain 6 min miles for the duration of the race, finishing in 33 minutes. Their efforts were definitely inspirational, as I'm not sure either of them has been training too seriously. Like all great runners, racing was followed by lots of eating and drinking!! By 3PM I had run 5 miles AND had a buzz on, did I forget to mention the pitchers of Sam Adams Summer?? Between the Sam Summer and the weather, yesterday was a REAL spring day, hooray!!! This means lots of running outside, and more importantly, drinking outside :)