Hyde Park Blast 2013

Today was quite a course!  Matt and I ran with David in the 4-mile Hyde Park Blast Run.  It was hilly and long but we made it!  It's a great race that I definitely want to do again next year.  Unfortunately Mardi could not run with us since she got in from out-of-town late the night before but she met us for the after party (where we drank several Leinenkugel Summer Shanty beers and then had lunch).

I have to mention that people were dressed to the nines in their LuLuLemon running gear!  I really need to check out that store the next time Jody is in town!

Results

bib number:	417
age:	55
gender:	F
location:	Oxford, OH
overall place:	1731 out of 2292
gender place:	896 out of 1321
time:	46:03
pace:	11:31

AW Running with the President

Today was a day much anticipated.  I ran with President Hodge and a group of Miami alums as part of an Alumni Weekend activity.  I volunteered weeks ago to do this new event and hopefully it will be an annual event.  The alums seemed to enjoy it as much as me!

I was able to get Team Miami shirts from Miami Employee Wellness for us to wear.  We met at 7:30 at Lewis Place and ran around campus, stopping at various locations with new construction.  It was a fun morning and an honor to spend it with him!

Running with Stacey

This morning I went to Starbucks to use a coupon before it expired. As I was leaving I ran into Stacey walking in. She has been using the same running app as me but is also a cyclist.

So now that she has been running for a while she felt like she could run with me. We agreed to meet after work to run tonight.

Stacey was concerned that she wouldn't be able to keep up with me but she kicked my butt!  I worked to keep up which made it a very good workout for us both.

It was great and we plan to run together again next week!  I didn't use an app but we ran about 40 minutes and about three miles. 

Today I ran with my mentor!

Michael and me "at the finish line" after a Saturday morning run of a little over four miles!

People are so nice when I'm running

I just want to comment on all the people who are out cutting their grass, walking their dogs, riding the bikes, etc. who are so considerate of me.  The stop their mower or slow down so the grass doesn't fly on me.  They move across the street and away from me.  They veer off the sidewalk into the grass so I have a smooth surface.  They are so nice.

I just wish someone would walk up and give me a drink of water.  :)

(Last night I finished Week 12, Day 1 of my 10K app.  Just a few more weeks to go!)

6-3-1

When I woke up this morning I saw that Jody had posted this on my Facebook wall. It now only made my day but made today's run even better!

Jody Clark posted on your timeline "After 6 months, 3 races, and 1 medal - I'm so proud of you. Most of all I'm proud that you had the courage to start that one day and just keep going. You are amazing. Love you so much!"

I completed week11 day 3 of my 10K app running 25 minutes, 5 minute walk, 15 minute run going to the middle school then the high school. Feels so good!

RedLegs Run 2013

Today was the RedLegs Run and what a fun race.  And to top it off, MY FIRST MEDAL!

A picture is worth a thousand words so this is a picture post!

STATS:

NO	DIVISION	OVERALL	DIVPL	TIME	PACE
340	F 55-59	1424	10/48	38:57	12:34