Yesterday was a beautiful day for the running of the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. The race started a little before 8 am at the base of the Washington Monument.
I was designated to be in the blue wave which gathered on 15t Street near Madison (one of the roads that goes down the Mall for those who are not from DC).
Mark, my ever present cheerleader, was dressed and ready to go with his bike to find me along the course.
The course was a series of out and backs--first out the Memorial Bridge and back, then down the Rock Creek Parkway turning around at the Kennedy Center, then a little down Ohio Drive and back, around to Haines Point and then around it (basically the last out and back), finishing right where we started.
The weather was perfect, if anything a little warm toward the end, but it started off in the mid 50s.
I saw Mark three times along the course: just past Mile 1,
we missed each other near Mile 4, we saw each other at Mile 6,
and then just before the finish at Mile 9.5 or so.
I didn't do a PR for this year, but did break the 1:30 barrier so I'm happy with it.
It was a very crowded race--much different than when I had run it years earlier. As I run these races I cannot believe how popular they have become. I was glad that I was selected the lottery to run and will definitely enter the lottery again next year!
Official finish time:
2177 424/1801 8164 Amy Trenkle 34 Washington DC 44:39 1:36:57 1:29:38 8:58
We came home and got some work done while Soba sprawled out on his pillow in the sun by the front door!
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