This week I'v been running for my lunch... well I know I've been doing it for the past few months, but for some reason it stood out today. It's almost a habit now - I have to run @ lunchtime! It's a lot of fun and definitely is a good stress reliever.
So in a few days, I'll be competing in my first 10K run. I'm really excited about that b/c lots of us from Team Challenge will be participating and it will be a good preview for the Miami Half Marathon!!! Miami is only a couple months away - I'm so happy with all the support I've received and for CCFA. Thank you!!
I'll mention one specific run Jeremy & I completed this week... actually it was Monday! I mentioned about always wanting to run in DC since I moved here a couple years... but I always wanted to run around the Tidal Basin. (click "Tidal Basin" to see an ariel view of it... and you can see the Capitol Bldg, where we start our run every lunchtime, in the top center of pic.)
I missed the Team Challenge run around the Tidal Basin at the beginning of our training bc my niece and sister visited me (remember I did lots of walking that week... and according to Nicole, that still counts!!), so when Jeremy headed for the Jefferson Memorial I was really happy. We not only ran to the Jefferson Memorial, but passed it and then to the Lincoln Memorial, by the Washington Monument and down the Mall to the Capitol Building... back to our office bdg. It was a great run!! I've rode my bike around the Tidal Basin, but now I've ran there, too!! :-) Jeremy suggested it was a 6 mile run according to what we've run before... but when I did a quick check on run.com website, it came to be about 5.5 miles.... so it was probably 6 miles since Jeremy says I'm not perfect recreating our running routes - I just follow him! :-)
I'm really looking forward to my 10k run... I'll definitely let you know how it goes... I'm not worried about my timing so much as just running the entire course and feeling good at the end. I'll continue to update you on my running progress... and if you don't see a post, check on the right for my daily running.
Thanks again for all your support!! Go DC Team Challenge!!! We're going to find a cure for colitis & crohn's!!!
