Disclaimer: Took a quick 2 mins break and wrote this during work.. tins of mistakes. Please forgive me.
I am got into another race again! And this time, Hannah also managed to convince Grace into running for the race. It was Labor Day weekend, and we were up at Hannah's parents place in Iron Mountain. The race was on Saturday, but Hannah and I had to meet our weekly run quota, thus we went for a easy 13-mile run on Friday as well :).
The run was in Marquette, which was about an hour drive from Iron Mountain. We woke up at around 4.30am, and after a quick coffee and breakfast, we were on our way. It was a nice, breezy drive, and we were at Marquette around 7am (EST). We took the shutter bus to the starting line, and of course, we had to quietly "mock" all the "super runners", people who are over-dressed etc.
Got our tags, checked in our belongings, and ready for the run. We took joy in looking at various runners in their colorful running gear, and people looking very serious doing their stretching. Took a few quick photos (Hannah insisted on it :) and we were on our way! We stayed behind most of the runners so that we would be more inspired to run passing them along the way...
I had told Hannah and Grace prior to the run that I would picked up my pace after 2 miles, and see if I can push my limit on this race. I finished the race at around 2hrs 1 min, with an average pace of 9.12mi/hr. Not too bad.
Of course, there were beer after the run! and even more beer and food when we were back in Iron Mountain. Until the next run :)
Hehe, that you were *quietly* mocking the geared up runners.
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