10 miles, bitches!
I knocked out the 10 miles of the Broad Street Run in 1:56:19. Not bad for an old man who hadn’t run in his life until 14 weeks ago.
I started out too fast. (Yeah, I know better…but I just don’t know how to slow down in the beginning.) I did the first half about 5 minutes faster than I thought I would. Sarah, Charlie, Lydia and Wiley met me at Mile 6. I pulled over for 5 minutes to chat with them. And I followed my pre-race visualization that Helaina gave me. That included walking through all of the 8 water stops. (I drank like a camel and still don’t have to go, hours after I’m done.)
That’s my friend, Shelly, in the picture. Although we didn’t run together, we ended up finishing within a couple of minutes of each other. (Check out the cool finisher’s medals.)
Sheryl met me at the end of the race. We walked back to the car. And I passed out in the car on the way home for 20 minutes.
Broad Street Run is done. Next up: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K next weekend with Sheryl. Then the mud run 10K in June. Philly Rock-and-Roll half marathon in September. The Chicago Marathon in October. And the Philly Marathon in November.
I’ll be ready.
