Hamilton Hangover 5 Mile Run

After a great night out with the wife in New Brunswick for New Year's eve, I wasn't planning on racing today after I found out the Westfield race was canceled. I had a few martinis and woke up a little sluggish, but by 10:30 I was feeling better and now wanted to run a race. The only choice was the Hamilton race at 12:30.

I got myself together and off I went to the race. One of my running resolutions is to run races in 2011 with friends and not go to races alone, but here I was going to my first race alone. I did run into Eric Davis which is always a pleasure. He is a great runner and a good person. Another resolution is to run at least 12 new races in and around NJ.

The 5 miler was changed to a 5K due to the snow conditions which was bit disappointing but not really a big deal. The crowd was larger than usual since the only other New years races were Hillsborough (no race day entries) and Westfield which was canceled due to poor park conditions (pussies).

I wasn't planning on running hard so I positioned myself behind the front runners knowing full well I would get off to a slow start. My first mile was 7:40 but that was only because it took a while to get over the start line. I ran my 2nd & 3rd miles in 6:52 which felt good. I finished in 22:04 which was fine for me.

Next up is the always fun Freezing Cold Hash.