While I was in San Francisco with Lauren and my mom, we participated in the annual 5K run/walk sponsored by the National School Board Association. I thought this would be a good warm up for the triathlon next month, and Lauren and my mom signed up for moral support.
I started out pretty strong...well, I was at about the middle of the pack at the starting line, so I passed quite a few people as I set my initial pace--that felt pretty good (although many of those that I passed may have been the walkers). The race began and ended at South Beach Park on San Francisco's newly renovated Waterfront (Pier 40). We runners (I love calling myself a runner--ha!) followed the Embarcadero north, under the Bay Bridge, to the turn-around at Pier 23, and enjoyed beautiful Bay and cityscape views the whole way.
Lauren and my mom pulled a Rosie Ruiz. Remember her? She won the
Boston Marathon many years ago, but then it was found out that she didn’t
run the whole thing. Lauren and my mom started out strong, but by the end of the first ½ mile, they shifted into power walking. When I saw them on the return loop, they both crossed over and Lauren ran the rest with me, which I must say, was a lot more fun than running alone. Here’s the cool part: when I finished, the staff at the finish line asked me how old I was and when I told her, she said I may have been "up there," which I took to mean I had done pretty well. I’ll have to check the NSBA website and see how it turned out. (We didn't stick around to hear the results.) We had to hightail it back to the hotel after we finished the race because my flight left at 11am...we cut it pretty close, but that was probably the extra motivation I needed to keep a quick pace...as it was either that or miss my flight!
2 comments:
Taryn, you were so great that day! Downplay it as you will, but I was so impressed with your determination. The 5k will seem like a breeze now that you've had some practice.
Where were those blue skies when I was in town!?
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