On Sunday, I got out for a run on the sand with a couple of hundred other people in the Ocean Beach 5K.
As you can see from the results (click on the 5K by Time tab at the very bottom), I did well among the 76 people who chose this distance. But it wasn’t a fast time (21:05). I’ll blame it on the sand, the inexact measurement, and (ahem) my lack of fitness.
Oh well. I was just glad to see all the fast people keep going at the 5K turnaround… the 6 mile event was more competitive. Running on the beach, even at extreme low tide, doesn’t inspire me…and it’s hard to judge distances visually.
I’ll have to run the two other races in the series and see if I can earn a cash prize. Hah!