October 25th was the Pumpkin Push 5k at beautiful Seward Park in Seattle. This is the place where I do my Friday running, so I was looking forward to the event. The park has a level running/walking/biking path that outlines a peninsula on Lake Washington. On Fridays I run one lap of the place, which is under 3 miles. In order to make this a certified 5k, they included a brutal uphill run into the interior of the park. This occurs roughly halfway through the race, and was a killer. Nearly everyone I saw stopped to walk most of the hill, as did I. I finished in the second half of participants, as well as the second half of males and of my age/sex division. I did beat the average time by 5 seconds, which means some folks must have been walking the whole thing. I'm still not on a regular exercise program, so I can't be too displeased at my result. I shall improve!
