The Big 5k

This morning I woke up about 10 minutes before I was supposed to leave my house.  That means I was running about 20 minutes late.  Needless to say I was RUNNING around my house.  Can that count for my warm-up?
Austin- Are we going to day care?
Me-No, we are going to a race
Austin- Am I racing?
Me- No you are going to meet Mommy at the finish line like last time.
Austin- But Mom, That was taking FOREVER!
Me- I know buddy, I'll be faster soon.

Us before the race.  Isn't my bff pretty?  She wears make up to races.
Me? not so much. Apparently I don't pluck my eyebrows either.

Staying out late+lots of food+not a lot of sleep+HOT outside= sucky race.  It was not my worst time, but definitely not my best.  Normally at the beginning of the race, I scan the crowd for someone I KNOW I can beat.  Today there was no one with a baby carrier so I had to search harder.  I mean really, I let a dude pushing a wheel chair beat me at my second race.  I finally found an older lady with a gimp leg.  SUCCESS! I beat her... and a few others that I am sure were running their first race.
I'm pretty sure they called it The Big 5k, not because of Big Brother/Big sister, but because it was actually like 3.25 miles.  That's a big deal to this chick!

Us after the race
And no I didn't jump in the fountain to cool off after the race
I just sweat that much. Theresa- still gorgeous

After the race we went to the farmer's market.  I got some tomatoes, peaches, salsa and some other little things.  I also stopped by Earth Fare(expect anything else?) to get the rest of the stuff for the spaghetti sauce.  I will post about that later... after I try it.  If you don't hear back it sucked!

What do you do the day before/morning of that helps you have a good race?