After last weekend's PR, I was fully not anticipating one for this race (aaannndd I was right). It is super hilly and difficult, plus I got in some more miles by meeting a friend/co-worker at her house and we ran from there and ran back to her house after the race for a grand total of about 7.5 miles.
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| It is important to match your socks to your nuun |
As hard as this race is, it is a really neat race to do. This is the second year for it, and with around 1200 people last year and at least 1300 this year it is the largest St. Jude 5K in the country, which is pretty cool since we aren't that big of a city. The atmosphere is pretty festive, they have music and bouncy houses, a kids run and a balloon release before the race. Along the course there are pictures of actual St. Judes patients, so it is easier to keep pushing (even as you tear up) when you see pictures of all these little kids that are fighting to stay alive.
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| Stylin' |
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| Balloons! |
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| 99 Red Luftballoons |
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| Kristy, Ashley, Me:) |
Kristy and I had a good run over, and once we saw the huge line of cars waiting to get in, we were pretty happy with the running decision. Once Ashley got there we took the obligatory photos of the fun socks we were wearing and watched the festivities until the run began. The run starts straight up a big hill, then down a bigger hill then pretty flat until some fun little hillage at the end of the race. I finished in 29:48, better than last year. I was fairly happy considering sun + hills + hotness+ extra miles= not so fast.
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| Scientifically proven good post race food |
After the race we refueled responsibly with boneless wings, orange sherbet, and cupcakes before taking off for home. Sounds like a good nutrition plan to me!
We are heading to Chicago tomorrow for a trade show for work and taking the train. Hopefully we will get to run at some point and I will give Chicago updates sometime next week.
Did anyone else run any fun races this weekend?
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