So last year it was freezing cold… and this year the weather forecast was rain. Luckily, rain equated to a light sprinkle during the start of the race. Didn’t make the gym photo this year, as I couldn’t find the folks from the gym :-( Kinda sad since I’ve now done it each year with the gym. I did see a few folks, but not the whole crew.
But, I had a new running partner for this year… I managed to convince Jen from the Renegades to join me! Yay! And she was brave enough to do the 10K. Neither of us have done much running recently. So needless to say, rather than “run” we ended up doing more of a jog, walk, jog, walk, walk some more, etc…
- 2011 Finish: 1:20:32 Pace: 12:58
- 2010 Finish: 1:04:46 Pace: 10:26
- 2009 Finish: 1:11:23 Pace: 11:30
- 2008 Finish: 1:08:58 Pace: 11:06
Quite a bit down from last year, but considering how bad I’ve been about going to the gym and eating… I’m not surprised. And it was more about actually just finishing and have good company while doing so.
Ben and Jen after the race!
Oh… And I did actually do the run in my Vibram FiveFingers BIKILA, which are the running version of the shoe. And I was very happy that both my feet and calves had no real issues. The bottom the feet where a little sore, but nothing major… so I guess they really do work well for running!