Run Baby Run

Today my roommate Katie and I decided to run a 10K. It was strictly for women... there were over 7,000 of us total.. I was excited because races always get me motivated to get in shape. So the last couple of weeks I have been running so I would be able to make it the six miles without passing out. So we woke up this morning and it was raining outside. It put a little damper on the day but we still got ready and headed out. The weather actually turned out to be perfect for our run. We got down to the course and loaded up on all the SWAG (stuff we all get) for free and then headed to the starting line. It was so exihilarting to be standing there at the starting line and to look forward and backward and to see nothing but thousands of women lined up and ready to go. The race went really well. It was a fun course to run. It went through downtown boston across the Charles River.. up memorial drive... back across the river... and then down commonwealth ave. It started and ended at Boston Commons. I ended up doing really well compared to what I thought I would do. I finished it in 52:33. That averages to about a 8 1/2 min. mile. For my first 10K I was proud of myself.

This is my roommate Katie and I AFTER the race. We look pretty hammered...