This morning I got back to an event I haven’t participated in for several years: the Fifth Season 5k. This was the 40th anniversary race - every 4th of July in the morning hundreds of runners assemble and compete over either the 5k or 8k distance. It was a hot morning - 78F and humid - but that didn’t keep almost 1000 runners from racing today.

My chip time finish was 25:59, which is a PR for me, and 9th in my age group. (If I were 2 years older I would’ve been first in that age group!) Definitely feel like if it had been cooler I would’ve been able to shave another 30 seconds off that; guess I’ll have to sign up for a fall run and see how it goes. Regardless, it’s a fun event to have this many folks out on a hot holiday morning.