2009 Tough Enough 5k race

On March 28 9:00 am in the morning I ran in the 2nd annual Weatherford's Tough Enough 5k race. The weather conditions for this year's race was not very good. I left for the race 7:00 am Saturday morning from Yukon, Ok with Troy and Donna Banks in their Suburban. The roads on Interstate 40 were slick and hazardous. I keep thinking to myself, I can't believe I'm running in this race in these snowy conditions. It would be the first time since I started back running seven years ago I did a race in the snow. I was well prepared as I had on two pairs of thermal underalls, two pairs of socks, gloves, and my winter skull cap. I wore my sunglasses to keep the snow and ice out of my eyes. I usually get warmed up during a race when I'm running but this time the very cold wind kelp me cool. I stopped a couple of time during the race when I started running north against the very cold air to catch a breather.
Then halfway though the race I almost sliped on some ice and fell but managed to keep my balance. Knowing all the winter stuff I had on; had I fell and hit the ice I knew the race would have been over for me very early. I was very glad to see the finish line even though someone at the finish said I had another lap to go. I was thinking " Who is he foolin".
There were 90 runners that took part in the 5k race that raised 5000 for Cancer. I got first in my age group only because there was no one else but me that ran the 5k race that age. What a way to win your division. After all I'd been though that day I was going to take what I could get regardless of the outcome. They gave us a fifty dollar check for coming in first in our age group, I thought "Wow I'm going to deposit it when I get back to Oklahoma City. It turns out I can only use the check in Weatherford, Ok at the restaurants and business they had on the back of the check. And the check is only good for three months. I didn't care I actually won a prize I thought, after running in a blizzard.
Would I run in something like this again. Maybe, I thought this run was more fun than the Sooner State Games 12k trail run I got injured in over two years ago and a lot more challenging. Take care my readers; love ya!!!