Promise Run 2026

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 This year has been a rough one so far for my fitness journey. For the first time we were shut out of registering for Wine and Dine killing our perfect 10K streak and than a week later I had to bow out of running Gasparilla due to needing emergency dental surgery. I was cleared for physical activities a few days before Promise Run and so I wasn’t planning on breaking any records (though I did beat last years time if my records are to be believed so there is that) {I did manage to do a 3.5 mile outdoor walk and a 3.1 mile slow treadmill run prior}

I had strongly debated on wearing the free race shirt for the first time in a long time to an event as it was a bright green and reminded me of all the Jeff Gallaway tributes that had happened the week prior to Princess Weekend. While it would have went great with my Tiana Crowned hat and bow I instead opted to just LET IT GO… wearing my Elsa-ified Fila tank from 2019’s Wine and Dine and one of my black mystique sewn skorts. I accessorized with my light blue bondi.  




I got to the staging area at around 8:12 with the weather being 72 feels like 75.

According to my Garmin I started recording my activity at 8:31 despite the official race start time being 8:35 so we will roll with it.

The first place runners were passing me just two minutes before reaching the first mile marker in 17 mins

I eased on down the brick path and like last year bypassed the sole water stop as I still had plenty of water in the bottle I brought on course with me.

I got to the second mile marker with an 18 min split 35 mins total time

I took it all in and was just humming along to the music (I didn’t curate a playlist I was just listing to the & Juliet soundtrack because it slaps)

I got to the third marker with an 18 min split 53 mins total time which is again confusing because of the discrepancies between my garmin and OFFICIAL time which we will get to.

I did slow a bit just before the shoot to dump my empty bottle and to set up a good finish needle drop.

Am I original? Yeah

Am I the only one? Yeah

Am I sexual? Yeah

Am I everything you need?

You better rock your body now

My Garmin wound up finishing me in 54:33 with 3.21 miles HOWEVER my official time from the race was 52:24 which I will be tracking as I look towards my (HOPEFUL) progress as the year progresses

 


Miles

385.49/2026

 Upcoming races


  • Keel Farms Hard Cider 5K 3/21

  • Bonnet Springs 5k 3/28

  • Springtime Surprise 5K 4/17

  • Springtime Surprise 10K 4/18

  • Sea World Seven Seas Food Fest 5K 4/25

  • Mayfair 5K 5/9

  • Watermelon 5K 6/16, 7/11, 8/8

  • Margaritaville 10K 9/26


PRs

  • 1M {15:26} 3K {30:59} 5K {42:46} 8K {1:13:59} 10K {1:42:52} 15K {2:19:09} 10M {3:01:51} HALF {3:54:55} FULL {7:08:15*} *virtual full run in increments

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