The 13th annual Vibha Dream Mile 5K and 10K

On Saturday August 20, 2011, I ran in the 13th annual Vibha Dream Mile 5K and 10K at Tee Pee Hill in White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX. I ran in the 5K race this time. The host of the race, Vibha, is a non-profit organization that seeks to restore food, shelter, health and education to underprivileged children, mostly from India. The race benefited City House in Plano, whose mission is to provide emergency shelter and transitional residential services to children and young adults who are in need due to abuse, neglet, or homelessness. The race sponsors were Texas Instruments, Agent Insure, Krypton Solutions, Ecom Consulting Inc, Pepsico, and a few more.   Most of the time, races start at Winfrey Point, but Tee Pee Hill was a new race location at White Rock for me.  Tee Pee Hill. I left the house early and had to stop at a gas station to ask for directions. Despite that, I arrived before 6:00 AM. When I arrived, the large group of race volunteers were already setting up. Since there was no 1 mile race at the event, I found the start / finish line and ran slow 1 mile warm up jog. I always like to do that so I can not only warm up my legs and hips, but also see the race course which helps me finish as best as I can.    I saw many of my running friends out on their long training run around the lake, which is about 15K or 9 miles. Ruben Sayuil and his excellent racing systems ran this race. He is the man who runs the very affordable Carrolton Runners Club races every third Sunday of the month plus a prediction race for only $2.00 (if you pre register online).   Most of the races that I have run with both a 5K and a 10K start at same time. However, for this race the 10K started first at 7:35 AM, then the 5K started off at 7:50 AM. The temprature was 92 degrees, with 38% humidity, 5 mph winds. The course was measured by Ken Ashby, who always does a great job. Here's a pic of Ken, doing his thing...   We started in front of the Pavilion on a narrow trail. After a small loop, we were on the regular White Rock trail. I started on the 1st row, and felt great after a good week of Run-on! training. Recently, I've lost a few more pounds and now I'm back at my high school weight of 155 lbs.   After a quick start, I tried my best to keep my pace up. There were a few of my running friends from the Dallas Running Club in front of me. At mile 1 my pace was 7:44, and at the turnaround, about my time was 12:13. I then made it to the second mile in 15:42 (a 7:58 / mile pace).   About 2 1/2 miles into the race, a younger man that was behind me said "you are sure pushing me." I told him that I was only running my race the best I could. I guess this motivated him since he later passed me up to finish in front of me. My 3 mile time was 23:40 (a 7:57 / mile pace). I tried not to slow down until I crossed the finish line. When I finally got there, my time was 24:33.52 on my Garmin watch.   This was my first race that I can remember where I ran all 3 miles iunder 8 minutes. My final pace for this race was 7:54. Before the races started I ran, like most runners do before each race, in front of the starting line to warm up. I guess my chip timer started early because after the race there was some added time on the preliminary final total. Ruben corrected the mistake, and I placed 1st in the 50-59 age group and 13th out of 106 5K runners.   Place   Bib#    Men   Overall  Finish Time  Age Grade                                          1/5     6552   10/51  13/106    24:33:52      64.7% I run to raise awareness for prostate cancer and to benefit my community. www.runningforacause.tumblr.com