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Last Flying Pig weekend I ran two races: the 1-mile on Fri and a leg of the Relay on Sunday. This year I decided to add third event and run the 5k on Saturday.

Little Kings 1-mile

The Little Kings one mile is a fun start to the weekend, and an interesting challenge after you’ve been training for longer distances. This year 5 of us took on the mile, Mark, Justin, Becca, and D and I. Last year’s course was a downhill blast, but this year they completely rerouted things to a flat course. Still, by pushing hard I managed to nab a time only six seconds slower than last year’s sub-8.

5k (new PR!)

After Friday’s mile and a couple post-race beers, and even witnessing a post-race marriage, all five of us were back Saturday morning for the 5k. I think I meant for the 5k to be a relatively easy run before Sunday’s relay, but somewhere in the excitment I think I forgot that and set my best time since college.

Marathon Relay

For the finale of the Pig weekend we returned with our relay team, this year welcoming Brian in place of Matt. We switched up the legs, and I took the first leg, handing off to Justin for the second, with Mark running third, and Brian taking the glory of the last stretch. The last mile or so of the first leg is mostly uphill, and a lot of that is staggeringly steep. I eventually broke down and walked some of that hill, but I survived the worst part of the course, and still maintained an average pace under 10 minutes.