Dodge the Deer 5K

I think I mentioned before that I wanted 2014 to be the year of new races. Meaning, I wanted to run local races that I have never run before!

So far these have been:

The Runnin’ of the Green

Parker School Trail 5K

and now the Dodge the Deer 5K

And one of the main reasons I ran the last two 5Ks was to ramp up my trail running because of the trail half I have in TWO WEEKS.

So I had no idea how these trails were going to be going into this race, so my goal was just to run faster than I did at the Parker School 5K (37 minutes).

Dodge the Deer was pretty small, with 337 people running.

Off we went through the woods.

I had a pretty slow first mile, but surprised myself when I passed a bunch of people the remainder of the race. I finished in 30:10! Its funny how fast 5Ks seem to go now…once I get warmed up, the race is over.

Mile 1 – 10:13

Mile 2 – 9:37

Mile 3 – 9:30

Dodge the Deer was a really fun local race. It would be a great first trail race for anyone wanting to start trail running! My first trail race ever was the Squirrelly Six Mile in 2010 at Thacher. Not an easy one, that’s for sure!