Avanti and I ran our 1st 5-mile together on Dec. 10th, 2006. (Chevron Jinglebell Run) We started from Chevron building at downtown and ran west on Allen Park Way then came back. I was a fun run although it was cold and been drizzling. But I wore the green JingleBell Antelope over my hat all the way. Except I we ran too fast the first 3 miles and I blew up right after the mid-point we turned around on our back way. I had to walked a little to recover from out of breath. While Avanti held on and ran to finish line. I finished it at 52:43 (10:30pace). 10:30 pace was my goal and I made it.
I learned a lesson from this race. “Know your pace and never run too fast over your pace at the begining!”
