HOT! That's all I can say---HOT! We crossed the finish line and someone was holding a sign that said it was 88 degrees out....I think it might have been hotter....
The featured run was the P
hiladelphia Broad Street 10 Mile Run.
I had investigated this run back in February when I signed up for the New York City More Fitness Half Marathon...I didn't sign up though until my brother said that he was running it...I thought it sounded like fun to run in Philly with him again. :)
We drove down on Saturday afternoon and went right to packet pick up. Packet pick up was where the race was ending and provided a little bit of a challenge to find. The expo was nice, nothing too extraordinary, but fun to peruse. The shirts, however, were not as exciting as I had hoped.
We left the expo and checked into the same hotel that we stayed in for the Philly Marathon--the
Hilton Inn at Penn across from U Penn. Wooohoo!! We had a great corner room, king bed, and even live plants in our suite! Sweet! :)
We let Jon know that we were checked in and he said that Ross, he and Ross' wife would be by to pick us up for dinner. We had a great dinner with his family and also learned about the great work that Ross' father and Ross' father's work were doing to aid cancer victims.
We returned back to the hotel to get ready for the next morning. We had a big decision to make. The run was a point to point race which meant that we either were going to have to get up extra early and drop the car off at the end and then take the subway to the start, or get to the start and figure out how to get home afterwards. The race organizers recommended driving to the end of the race and leaving the car option---however, to do that would mean leaving the hotel at 5:45 am. The race started at 8 am. This seemed crazy to me. We opted to figure out how to get home once we got to the finish line.
We took a cab to the start and joined the thousands of people. Amazingly we found Jon and Ross and friends before the race---I have no idea how considering how many people there were.
The start of the race was already warm. I wasn't feeling it. I hate running in the heat. I had hoped that there would be rain, clouds...something to cut the heat. Despite the few raindrops that fell before the race started, the sun was shining brightly by the time we crossed the start line.
I love point to point races, but the heat just did me in. The best part was that due to the heat, the race organizers had the fire hydrants opened along the route---every half mile or mile there was an open fire hydrant spraying water.....OMG! It felt so refreshing! Most of us said how much of a relief that was!
The race was anything but a fast one for me. I am just glad that I finished---sooooo hot!
| 10897 | Amy | Trenkle | Washington | DC | FEMALES 30 TO 34 | 34 | F | 01:55:24 | 01:57:16 | 20758 | 10485 | 1932 | 43.4% |
We stopped by Ross' apartment, overlooking the Schuylkill, and enjoyed hearing how the race went for everyone else. With so many people finishing, we were unable to find anyone after the race. We ended up catching the subway line back from the finish line back to a few blocks within our hotel. I didn't even know that Philly had a subway!! It was pretty cool!
The race itself wasn't one of my favorites---because of the heat I think. But I loved running in the same race as my brother again (even though we didn't run it together!) and it was fun to run in a different part of Philly. I think I would consider it again if I knew that it wouldn't be so hot! :)
Eight races down, 12 to go!
For the past 30+ years my school has hosted the Capitol Hill Classic, a 10K race to benefit the Capitol Hill Cluster Schools. It's quite successful in raising money and because of it, we, the teachers and students, have benefited from the money raised. Our school has gotten supplies, computers, library books, field trips and much more!
