St. Patty's Day Run

Wow... I had only done this race once before but this year it was BIG. So big that it was by far the largest road race I have entered to date. I didn't know where to start. My bib was yellow meaning that I was supposed to start down past Clark St. which was forever and a day away from the start line. I mean really, there were people with jogging strollers ahead of me. Jason insisted that I just move up and start closer. So I timidly placed myself about 25 yards from the start line and hoped I didn't get in trouble.

Once the race started, I quickly realized that, yes, I should have moved up even closer. There were still people with jogging strollers and walkers in my way. I actually ended up running on the sidewalk for the first half mile opting to dodge mailboxes and newspaper stands instead of humans. I must have been pretty excited because I came through the first mile in 6:05. Yeah. My mile PR (as an adult) was 6:13 last year. So I was thinking, oops, that was a little fast.

Came through the finish line in 34:18! Fastest race to date....