Fidget

I did it! The 10k was so much fun. The start is just down the street from us, and right before we walked out the door, a small but juicy rainstorm rained briefly down. That was bizarre but actually quite welcome because I’d been worried it would be really hot - we had record breaking high temps last week. So, I stayed cool, managed not to choke myself at the water stations, and just kept running! My finishing time was 1:10:40. That’s an 11.4-minute-mile pace, so I had a lot of people passing me, especially at the start since BN and I stood in the 8-minute mile starting zone. However, I was passing people on the hill, and not just the ones who dropped down to a walk. I trained on that hill 2 or 3 times a week for several months, and today I totally breezed up it. Rock on!

I enjoyed being in the festive, 4th-of-July crowd, though I wouldn’t want that many people around every time I run, especially since I’m slow and much of the route was clogged with the “4.5 mile mayor’s fitness walk” contingent who didn’t seem to realize that there were runners wanting to sidle by on the side of the road.

The city seems a lot smaller when you run across it rather than driving…

Can we do it again next weekend?

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