Skirt Chaser 5K Recap
This past weekend, I piled the family in the car and made the 4.5 hour trek to Pittsburgh to see my friend Emily and run in the Skirt Chaser 5K with my friend Emily, her husband, and Beth & Elle (who turned this into a Tutus for Tanner fundraiser, although while the 4 of them had tutus I didn’t…*sigh*). Let me point out that while their fundraiser is doing well,
You can still donate by visiting their Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser page here!
Now on to the race. The concept of the Skirt Chaser was that the women started 3 minutes ahead of the men. We stood around freezing in an oddly cold torrential downpour while the race was delayed for lightning, then at 5:15 the women lined up and took off to some Black Eyed Peas song. Then it was the men’s turn.
It felt like a challenge in the Bachelorette, with way too much testosterone. I felt like the guys were all trying to be manlier than the next. In the crowd there was talk of how cavemen caught their women by bonking them with clubs. There was the playing of Motley Crue (not Girls Girls Girls though, duh!). There was burping, and scratching, and chest thumping. There was much manliness to be found. 5:18 came and I’ve never been part of a faster 5K start in my life. Really, it was so crazy I almost started laughing.
Then, at 0.15 miles, we reached the first hill.
The numbers can’t show how impossibly difficult it was. 150 foot climb over 1/2 mile, a 40 foot climb over 1/4 mile, then 20 feet over 0.1 miles. After a fairly long downhill stretch, we ended up with a lot of up and down sections and it just never got easy. The overall elevation change for the course were:
- 1 total mile of climb, 255 feet
- 1.1 total miles of flat
- 1 total mile of drop, 255 feet
I ended up finishing in 25:38, which I’m happy with considering the challenging course. And it’s the first 5K I’ve run where I actually feel like I gave 100%, and had nothing left at the end.
Emily finished shortly after I did, followed by Elle. I was really proud to watch Beth and Adam finish, because despite the terrible course they both finished their FIRST 5Ks running! What a great course to start with…BLEAH!
But I decided, once I could feel my extremities, that it was a fun race to have run. It was great running with friends. It was great running in the rain. It was great helping them raise some money to help fight Muscular Dystrophy. And it was great to have kicked Emily’s butt! A-boo-yah! LOL
Oh, I let you win. That’s how good of a friend I am. :
Actually, yeah, no. You won fair and square- had I sprinted ahead after you passed me, my legs would have given out! I *might* have given you a run for your money had I been keeping up with my training (hear that shredheads? Moral of the story: KEEP RUNNING!)…but even then, you’re fast!
I, of course, am taking this as a challenge to beat you in a race. It’s ON, mister. You mark my words!
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