Reindeer Romp 5K Jamestown, NC

This was my 3rd Reindeer Romp. This was the first time I have ever done it by myself. Actually there were a couple of firsts here this weekend. Having been a snowman the past 2 times, I decided to be a present this year. I was wearing a Rudolph top and red pants to match with bows on my hat. Well the red pants I picked were not going to work. They wouldn't stay up. The only other red pants I had were red jeans. Well, there's a first time for everything, so I ran in jeans (over my CW-X running tights of course). Also this was the first year TrivaP (Priscilla) was the race coordinator for the race. Her duties were many but one of which included biking the course during the run. The temperature at run start was a brisk 23°.

At 9am dressed with bows on my hat and jeans I ran. I met some lovely people during my run as always. I love the interaction which is why I never wear headphones. At mile 2 the lying volunteers were shouting, "You are almost there." to which I responded letting them know Santa Clause was watching them. At mile 2.4 a young boy asked if we had passed mile 1. Hahahahahahaha. I let him know we were at mile 2.4 and others around me seamed shocked. Guess they were all "In the zone". We were in site of the finish but get directed through the GTCC campus for the last 0.5 miles. Those people yelled, "You are almost there".... AGAIN.... To which I responded, "You lie", to which they responded, "Well there are no more hills." Now having done this run twice before I knew that there are 2 huge hill climbs at the end. I reminded them also that Santa was listening to them. Last year those last 2 hills got me. This year I was ready and I powered up those hills. I took that last turn and sprinted the last 100 yards to the finish. I beat last year's run by over a minute and got a 5K PR for me. Must have been the jeans and bows!

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