I'd like to say that I blame the photographer for taking an awkward photo, but I'm quite certain that there wasn't anyway to get a "good" photo of me at that point. But I finished. Not quite as quickly as I would have liked, but I suppose that's what I get for slacking off on training the last few weeks. I do wish that I had been just running the 5K, though; I passed the half-way point of the 10K feeling great and with my second-fastest 5K time ever. But just after mile four I crashed, and it was all I could do to just keep my legs moving at a pace that could barely be considered a run.
The event, as a whole, was quite a success though. It was one of the largest crowds they've ever had for the Avera Race Against Breast Cancer, with over 6200 total participants (500+ in the 10K).
And the weather couldn't have been more perfect; suffering through a 10K was a little bit more bearable with temperatures in the high fifties/low sixties and minimal to no wind (a rarity in SD!).
All in all, I'm certainly glad I stuck with it and finished it (and can now cross it off my 101 in 1001 list), but I think from here on out I'll stick with 5Ks. 10Ks are just a little too much for this former sprinter.
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