Late last month I decided...with a little encouragement.. to enter the St. Patty's day run this year. I was a little hesitant because it was a 7K. Which at first I thought was a little odd for a distance but then it is held for St. Patricks day therefore the 7K instead of a 5K or 8K. I always thought I would just stick to 5K's but after thinking about it and encouragement from Eric I went ahead and pre- registered for the race. Therefore I had already paid for it so I wouldn't back out and started increasing my runs.
As I was working on increasing I started to get a little more confidence in myself and thought well maybe 4 something miles isn't that bad. Eric and I set a goal for the time I wanted to run and if I accomplished I would get my birthday present early. So when race morning came we headed out to Newburgh. Since it was St. Patricks I decided to go with some green attire ;) And it just happened to be my number was 17.
It was actually a really nice morning for a run so there was a really good turn out. It was hard to say how many people were there but I heard at least 1800 were pre-registered. So at the very beginning of the race because I was in the middle of the pack took a min to get over the start line, but luckily it was chipped timed.
It was so fun to have Gramma and Papa bring the boys to help cheer for me. It made the morning a little easier for Eric and I because we had left early so he could help me warm up. Thomas was so excited to see everyone wearing green. It was very cute that they had made signs for me but as you can see Sup was not happy at the present moment.
The race course was new this year, although I didn't have anything to compare it to but the first mile was a little challenging with some nice hills. But it was nice that it was shaded. When we looped around to meet up with the trail that runs by the river we where done with the hills. At that point it started to get hot because you have been running two miles already and there wasn't hardly any shade so it was still a bit of a challenge.
When I came up the small hill and seen the finish line I had a great pick up and was very happy with myself. I was able to run the whole distance and met my goal for time. It really was a great experience and I had a lot of fun with it. Surprisingly I am thinking, "well maybe an 8K wouldn't be so bad..really what is another kilometer?" This was a surprised to Eric because I usually do not think this way about running especially about distances. We shall see... but this was a great challenge and I am happy I was able to accomplish it :)
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