They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What a better way to start the day than running the Cereal City 5K? Okay, so eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes would be much easier, but the sugar high can't compare to the feeling moments after crossing the finish line knowing that you gave it your all. It also doesn't hurt seeing the clock and knowing that you beat your previous best time, but also seeing that you placed in your age group, that's the real sugar coating.
For the second 5K in a row, CT and I both lowered our times and finished 1st and 2nd in our age groups. I hope this trend continues, but CT is quick to point out that I ONLY got 2nd. She doesn't realize how fast the guys are in my group! I'm completely satisfied. This race had an added bonus of the person in 1st for each age group got to select a homemade bowl created by school kids. CT had picked out the bowl she wanted, but it was no guarantee she'd get it. Turns out it was her day, all the age groups that went before her, nobody select her bowl, and she got it. Now, she has something to put her cereal in to start her day.
My favorite moment from this race was coming down the home stretch, there was a young kid in front of me. He was darn fast, but I had been gaining on him for about the last mile. I was happy with myself because I had already passed my main rival, knew I was going to beat my time, and was going to be happy finishing the race like this. The home stretch was up hill some and even though I was keeping my pace, I ended up pulling dead even with that kid. Once even, the kid apparently took offense to me passing him and started in a sprint to the finish. I couldn't resist and sprinted myself to pull dead even with him, I pushed him to a step or two before the line, then I shut it down. Officially, our times were the same, but he got me.
Normally, you'd have to be impressed with meeting Tony the Tiger. In this case, I think Tony was impressed to meet the 1st and 2nd place Superstars, we are pretty great.
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