On Saturday April 28, I ran my first race as a Princetonian. The “CASA” in the title CASA 5K stands for “Court Appointed Special Advocates”, and their race benefits their organization’s work to address the needs of Mercer County children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect and are living in out-home-placements. Great cause.
I assessed fairly well my out-of-shapeness, and ran an appropriately-moderate pace that saw each mile split a bit faster than the one before. Somehow, I was 8th overall (21:04 – 6:46/mi), despite the pounds I’ve added recently (results: http://www.compuscore.com/cs2013/april/casa.htm). More detail …