I ran with Mr. Mellons in the 51st Atlantic City Marathon’s 5k run. It was pretty cool, I beat Mr. Mellons with a time of 27:27. I don’t think that’s very fast, but considering I’m new to this running stuff I was pleased with the outcome.
The 5k race took place on the AC boardwalk from about The Pier to around where Mr. Mellons lives. So we considered this race to be on our home turf as we run that route pretty often (evidently not often enough based on my time :-)
I woke up really early and put my brand new sneakers on, new sneakers of course are a must for such an event. Then met up and walked over to the starting point. There were a ton of people entering the marathon and half-marathon. I think they’re crazy for running that long.
While walking over some crazy guy yelled some stuff at us. Oh well, I just gave a glare and kept walking as he conveniently opened up his mouth as we were a good several hundred feet away. Plus he seemed kinda not all together, so I just dismissed it as he’s a crazy person and it’s not nice to hit crazy people regardless of what they say.
The actual race went well. I really passed a lot of people during the 2nd mile, but ran out of gas down the final half mile. That’s kinda my trademark move now. I guess I’m just used to more sprinting type stuff than anything of distance.
Afterwards they had a bunch of oranges, pretzels, water ice and doughnuts to eat. And I did eat a lot of each, perhaps too much. But after running you do get really hungry. Oh, also and a dum-dum lollipop. Don’t think I’ve had one since I last visited the pediatrician.