First race of the year

Saturday January 19th was my first race for 2013. It was the Frigid 5k. My friend and I heard about this race when we ran the Halloween half, and I knew I was for sure going to run the Frigid 5k. I thought it looked so fun. The theme is " Where your skimpy's and freeze your buns off" I looked on the website and saw pics of people in shorts so I knew I was going to run in shorts and a tank top. Well come to find out, everyone decided that it was too cold this year to wear skimpy's so my friend and I were in the only ones in tank tops, and I was the only one in a tank and shorts. There were a few people in shorts but they had on long sleeves. People kept making comments and couldn't believe how crazy we were.
Finally it was time to go. I took off feeling very strong. Yes, it was cold but I was numb rather then cold if that makes sense. haha Around mile 2 I looked at my arms and legs, and they were BRIGHT red and my nose would not stop running. My legs also felt so heavy. I felt like I was barley moving. I finally saw the finish line and booked it. My final time was 27.24 (I got that exact same time in the country fest in 2012) and I placed 1st place in women age group 30-34
I really wasn't cold until we went inside a building. Once inside, I couldn't stop shivering. I was FREEZING. They also had a Polar plunge where you jump into the ice cold lake, but my friend and I didn't do it. We might do it next year. Might;)
The one bad thing about this race, is it was VERY unorganized. Took for ever to reply to emails (weeks) lost my time and couldn't figure it out until today, packet pick up was crazy, but after all the craziness and a bit frustrated, I will for sure do it again. I just hope they are more prepared next year:)
I am so thankful I didn't get sick. I was so worried since I was pretty much naked running in ZERO degree weather. Haha