Jingle Bells 5K

I ran my second 5km for charity this morning for the 20th anniversary of the Jingle Bells 5K run supported by M.A.D.D. For this run, I was officially time at 26:33.2, which was an improvement of my unofficial time from the prior week at the Trail of Light 5K. I'm pretty happy with my time, which was 125th out of 298 timed racers, 8th out of 15 in my age/sex group. I felt as if I could have done better, but my first mile was hampered by the cold air, and I couldn't get my muscles to loosen up. Even though 50 degrees really isn't cold, living in Texas for a few weeks makes it so. I liked this run compared to the Trail of Lights because we got to run through downtown Austin. It started by Towne Lake and marched up to the Capitol building and back down through the streets to original starting line. An uphill battle halfway through meant an easier downhill run the second half of the race. Even though every race is different, I hope to improve on my 26:33.2.