Good Sunday to ya! I hope the weekend treated you well!
On Saturday, as promised, I ran in the Heart of Ghent 10K. It was a perfect morning for a race. I got there early because I didn’t know how parking would be. This was a good idea because where I wanted to park was roped off. The people of Ghent (at least those parked on Colley) obviously didn’t get the memo and there were tickets a plenty flappin’ in the wind. Ooops.
My outfit:
See, I even got two of the same shoe this time! I had originally planned on wearing a long-sleeved pull over, but it was pretty warm so I nixed it and left it in the car. Nice matching outfit righ? Oh well. I had to wear something Michigan since it was a game day and I didn’t have any other shirts washed… So pink with blue it is!
My plan for the race was to run a mile, walk a mile. I did pretty much this and stuck with it. I ran mile 1, walked 2… It worked out pretty well and I felt good! My mantra for the race?
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The race course took you through the different little neighborhoods in Ghent. It was neat to run past the old houses and see things I hadn’t noticed just driving by.
After the race there was YNot Pizza, Moes, and O’Connor beer. I went for pepperoni pizza and Green Can Ale. A very good choice if I do say so myself. Who says 9:35 is too early for pizza and beer!?
Francena McCorory was also there. She’s in her “off-season” She was very nice and was taking pictures with everybody. I got her autograph and got to touch the gold medal. Oooo. It’s super heavy and very pretty.
I would do this race again. For being its first year it was very well organized, had a great course, and wonderful food. Drawbacks? The course was dead. I mean super quiet. I don’t need throngs of people cheering me on, but a couple of people here and there wouldn’t have hurt. Also the shirts were remarkably small. I had checked for a medium, but when I picked up my packet they said they were running small and bumped up to a large. I tried the shirt on today….I felt like I was wearing a shirt from Baby Gap.
