Last night was my first distance race in the history of my life. I ran the FireFly 5K with Max, his sister and her boyfriend, and his cousin. It was so much fun!!!
Everyone was prepping all their glowing paraphernalia before the race and there was a DJ playing really upbeat fist pumping tunes.
I had gone to the dollar store and bought 1.2 billion glowing bracelets and necklaces and glow in the dark nail polish!! I take glowing seriously…
I found these AMAZING TOO-COOL-FOR-SCHOOL tights at Sports Authority and I knew they were the perfect pants for this race. I got quite a few comments!! 
When we picked up our Bibs they gave us Velcro reflector straps that had red blinky lights on them. They looked so awesome in the dark!!
Do you want to see some views of the raceway??
The dark freaks my camera out!! I don’t know what was going on with this one…
Doesn’t it look so cool?! Everyone’s glow sticks and light up reflector straps were really bright! I’m sure we were calling aliens to our home or something……………..I think I might have saw Elvis.
These are supposed to be me and Max’s sister Susanna running. Like I said… my camera was freaked out by the dark… or by seeing Elvis!!
AFTER THE RACE!!!
I ran my 5k in 33:47 which isn’t very speedy but we had loads of fun!! All in all I had tons of fun and can’t wait to do more races!! Especially ones where I can wear my thunderbolt pants…….
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BREAKFAST!!
My usual gf waffles with sunflower seed butter and jam with awake tea and soy. I’m clearly a creature of habit. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Today I’m a little sore. I hadn’t been running consistently before my race. My ankle is crazy mad at me. It really hurts. It’s just sore, it’s not injured or anything. With all the heavy lifting on Friday then my unexpected 5k last night I’m not surprised it’s sore.
On the agenda today………
Family lunch at noon
Babysitting little Dana from 2pm to 5pm
then it’s home for some couch time!!
Tell me about you!!!!!!! I want to know………….
All about your first race.
What your pre-run fuel is.
I had half an eric’s deli sandwich that I split with Max.
What is your post run fuel?
We went to a pizzeria where I had a few bites of this calzone type thing, a HUGE house salad and 1 sip of beer.
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Maren! Wow! Long time no visit! Yeah – love the post…. very cool, a run in the dark! Love it!
My first race, 4 miles, 3rd grade. Lighthouse Run. Loved every second. I ran with my two best friends, Katie and Dave! (have I run a race since…? no!)
Your post titles never cease to amuse me, just so you know. I’ve never done a night time race…looks fun! My first race was a 5 k breast cancer fundraiser…fun times. Pre-race, I’m all over the map – it depends on what time of day it is…I actually don’t like to eat very much before I run (contrary to popular wisdom, I know). Post-fun: I love to indulge in whatever’s available. After my marathon last fall, I ate a burger and sweet potato fries (AMAZING) and then went for ice cream at the Marble Slab…epic, and amazing!
Congratulations!! So excited for you!! I totally bought sunflower butter today… can’t wait to try it. My first race, no joke, was a half marathon. I trained with TEAM in Training but I hadn’t run a race before then. I ran the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. Pre-run fuel tends to be oatmeal with peanut butter and either tea or coffee. Afterwards, PIZZA!!! Though today after our 7 mile run, Neal and I grabbed a smoothie and split a wrap.
I’m not a runner so it’s a bit hard for me to answer those questions. haha.
That race looks REALLY cool though! If I were ever going to do a race I’d like it to be at night. haha.
P.S. Awesome tights!
It was so much fun. And these “fun runs” are people of all levels. Some of the racers walked the entire 3 mile loop. You should think about doing one sometime.
Oh. That is SO fun! I’m not sure what my first race was. I used to do tons of fun half and one milers with my dad when he was running road races in the area. I love the firefly outfits!!!
Racing is so fun! I’m already signed up for another one thanksgiving morning. There are mile and 1/2 mile races??
Congrats! You rocked it – and it sounds like fun!
My first race was years ago – a 5k too, and I practically died at the end! It took me over two years to try to race again!