Sunday, March 30, 2008

10K this morning!

Dear North Carolina,

Love you, for real. But I just have to ask you something. I loved you so much this week when it was in the 70's and even 85 on Friday afternoon. For real, that was awesome. So my question is why the heck is it 40 degrees on the day of my 10k? It was frickin' freezing, and I'm just curious as to why you're doing this to me. Was it something I said? If it was something related to sneezing and sniffling, that was more directed at the tree pollen, not you.

Coldly yours,
Jamie

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So yeah, other than the crummy weather, the 10k was really fun! I did pretty well, I think. I *felt* awesome the whole time and didn't have to walk at all! And Scott was a good sport and woke up early with me and stood in the cold to cheer me on. I'm not totally sure what my time was bc the big clock by the finish line was on the 1/2 marathon time (which started before us) and I forgot to stop my watch, but based on when I looked at my watch a few minutes after I finished, I'd guess it's around 1:02 or so. Not bad for my first time! :)

Onward to my next race, which is the Philly Broad Street Run - 10 whole miles! I found a couple runs that were recommended for Italy, so hopefully I don't get in too bad of shape during the week and a half out of the country!

Oh - this picture is when I was ALMOST done, I don't know what's up w/ the face I'm making. I think it was supposed to express "I'm so super strong and awesome, I ran 6.2 miles. Raaaaah" But in Scott's defense, it's a hard expression to really capture. :) You won't see me trying out for America's Next Top model. Not bc I'm 5'4" or anything, pretty much just bc of my inability to take a good photo. Tyra would not be proud of this.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great job. Congratulations on your first 10K!