When I crossed the finish line of the Zooma Annapolis 10K, the time clock screamed 1:14. I didn't know what my chip time was yet but I was hopeful that I squeaked out a PR by mere seconds.
I completed my first 10K in 1:13.
You can imagine my glee when I checked Facebook and saw that my time was 1:11. I had shaved two whole minutes off my time for a PR! I was floating on the humid air.
Then, a few days later, I got The Email. We, the runners, were misdirected along the course, which resulted in the course being a quarter mile short of a 10K.
Bye-bye PR.
I was disappointed — who wouldn't be? — but I wasn't upset. It actually made sense. It was a hot day. I stopped several times to take photos and at least once to walk the hilly bridge that was the turn around point.
I wondered why I didn't see mile marker three and why there were only two water stops along the course on such a hot and humid day.
No PR just made more sense.
I still ran a great race and look forward to running it again — and reclaiming my PR — next year.
To read more about my trip to Annapolis, by car and by foot, read my guest post for Drive The District powered by GM (General Motors).
Have you ever lost a PR?
Thank you to the GM Northeast team for providing me with a Buick Encore (loved it!) for the trip. All opinions expressed are my own.
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