It was a cool wet day - but not so much rain that it would drive away too many people. With Daylight Saving Time occuring this weekend, I wondered how many of my people would actually have showed up. I know that one didn't make it and she lives in Portland! Crazy.
We met up with Jim & Suzy and one of the volunteers from work and we all went downtown together. Mike signed up to run the 15k, so he was the odd one out and had to sit around for at least another 30 minutes before his race began. No matter...so we parted ways and Tom and I got in the crowd to get started. There were many surges before we actually made it to the start and our particular pace group could start. The start time was 8:05, but we finally crossed over the timing mat around 8:17 or so and we were off!
The first part consisted of making our way down past Burnside to circle around and run up onto the bridge and run to the other side and back. I was a little concerned about the bridge. I kept on trucking along and made it okay. The next thing was running up Broadway. Last year was okay because running on Broadway was really the first part of the run - with the change in the finish line location, the route was adjusted to make up the distance. I think I just really gave it my all on the bridge and just could seem to keep it up on Broadway. Lots of walking this year, but I was happy once we got to the turn around and it was all down hill from there.
Overall I'm pretty happy with my time. I didn't get out and train that much this year. Even with all my Tuesday and Thursday runs I just couldn't get out and get a decent run on very many Saturdays. So my time just reflects my lack of training.
At least I can say that I got out there in the rain and did it! I really did enjoy running with Tom. It helped to have him there with me encouraging me at just the right time!
Next up, the Fort Vancouver Run!
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