I ran my 14th race Saturday night. It's one of the races that dates back to my early days of running in DC: the Rockville Twilight 8K.Mark decided not to run it and to take it easy on his back which he did something to at the gym the day before. But of course, he and Soba were there to be my cheerleaders!
As it turns out, it worked out well that he drove because finding parking was terrible and he ended up dropping me off at the start line.
He and Soba arrived a few minutes before the gun went off--just in time to take some pre-race photos.
And of course, a photo of my cheerleader extraordinaire! :)
I had a great time on the run--the weather was how I like it: no sun (love those twilight runs!), 88 degrees, and very humid.
Mark took a lot of very cool picture, but wasn't able to get a picture of me.
I'm posting these though because I think the shots were cool...and well, they do give you a flavor of the run...
It could have been a perfect race IF I didn't have to go to the bathroom at mile 2...and mile 3...and mile 4...
And my time would have been better if I hadn't had a conversation with various race officials about the location of any upcoming porta potties---of which there were none.
Or if I hadn't stopped to walk for a quarter mile, out of desperation, looking for some kind of bathroom...
My time was decent with the aforementioned said....45:30...but I was irritated because without my potty emergency I think it would have been a much better timeand a PR for the 8K this year.
Oh well....there will be another race soon! :) Number 14 checked off!
The post run festival was fun...and we celebrated with a YogiBerry in Cleveland Park! Wooohoo!
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