Even though this event wasn't really a "race" per se, it was my first opportunity since April to run in an event with other runners. That being the case, I was really looking forward to getting out there with other runners rather than my usual running regimen of solo training runs.
The venue was about 50 miles away and was about an hour drive from the house, and with the run starting at 7:00 am, we left the house at 5:30 am. Ick.
The event was sponsored by Luke's Locker Room so they had their folks out there with the Luke's signage promptly displayed and with their tent and the event timer. A lot of the people were regulars to Luke's or attended their organized runs. The route itself was an out and back along a newly built trail. Unfortunately, it wasn't a running trail like the Katy Trail as it was concrete and some rain water and dew made the surface kinda slippery in some places.
There were about 50 people who participated. Not a huge turnout, but it was a good-sized crowd. I was actually expecting more since it was a free event and you got free swag (sack and technical t-shirt), and heaps of food afterwards.
It had gotten down to about 8 Celsius so it was running tights weather, the first day this running season that this was necessary! Personally, I love running in the cold. It must be the Canadian in me. Also I tend to generate a lot of body heat in the first mile of a run, but I knew that it would still feel cold enough for my legs to feel cold. When it gets down to about 5 Celsius I break out the gloves, the hat, and the extra long-sleeve layer.
All in all it was a nice run. I finished the 10K in under an hour (official time of 58'51") and as usual I forgot to turn off my SportBand so it kept going for a couple of minutes before I found out and stopped it....and as usual my SportBand was about 10% off again. Geeesh.
Fortunately or unfortunately, today was my normal training run day so I got my marathon training in and participated in an event as well. I was only supposed to do 4 miles today but I may cut myself some slack and run 12 instead of my regularly-scheduled 14 miles.
At the time of this post, I am in 4,487th place. As for how many total participants, I'm extrapolating that based on 549,323 miles run for this event (according to the Nike Running website) and dividing that by 6.2, there were roughly 88,000 participants. I somehow find it hard to believe that I ended up in the top 5%...but I'd be happy if I ended up in the top 50%.
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that's very cool. i was on Nike+'s website last night, clicked on the link where it said that it wasn't too late to register, it appeared stuck, then not a notification that i was registered via email. problem is that i am doing my run with the group tomorrow and had no time to run today. oh well. Great time btw!
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