Well,
this morning was my 2nd official organized 10K event, the Schlotzsky’s
31st annual Bun Run. This race
isn’t anywhere near as big and popular as the Capital 10K that I ran a few
weeks ago, so I was able to find free parking.
After I parked, I started getting my stuff together and ready to
go. I reached into my purse to pull out
my earbuds only to find that I hadn’t put them in there. They were sitting on my side table next to
the couch. Ugh. Great.
Now I had to run without music. How
boring is that going to be?
I
ate my Clif Bar and pinned my bib on, then stashed my car key in my sports bra
(I really need to buy a SpiBelt or similar).
At 7 o’clock the air horn sounded and we were off. Again, it wasn’t like the Capital 10K that
took me 11 minutes to get to the start line…I was there before I know it, hitting
start on my Garmin. It was odd running without
music. I listened to people around me
chatting with each other for the first mile before the conversations dropped
off as everyone hit their pace. I discovered
that listening to the hundreds of footfalls around me was oddly relaxing and
worked to help me “zone out” like listening to music does. As we neared the turnaround for the 5K
distance, there was music. I thought
they just had some speakers set up, but no, it was an actual band playing
music. That was pretty cool.
After
the turnaround for the 10K distance, at mile 4.5, there was an autistic guy
walking toward us and calling out our numbers as we passed him and telling us “good
run!” That was really sweet of him, and
excellent of him family to get him out and active and social like that! Put a big smile on my face.
As
you can see, in mile 5 I hit my “groove” and got my fastest mile time for the
whole 6.3 miles. It felt really good.
As
I crossed the finish line, the announcer was reading out people’s bib numbers
and then pulling up their names on his laptop and calling out their names. Well, I was one of the lucky ones to get a
shout out as I crossed the finish line! Woohoo!
I crossed the finish line and, of
course, forgot to immediately hit stop on my Garmin, but it wasn’t too far
after that I remembered to hit it. My final
time, according to my Garmin, was 1:02:48.
That’s 4 minutes faster than I ran the Capital 10K! hooray!
I
made my way to the post-race expo area and got my free half banana and package
of peanut butter crackers. Yum! Then I picked up a free water bottle (pink,
of course!). The lady I used to get
acupuncture from was there with a booth for free Chinese pulse readings (I had
run into her before the race and talked to her briefly). Right next to her was free 5 minute massages
for the runners. So, I snagged a free
leg massage. Felt really good. It was a little tender when she massaged my
IT band area on my right thigh. I’m
thinking that I really need to make time to roll my legs after I run. I need to make sure I hit the IT band when I do
that too. I do NOT want an IT band
injury. Or any other injury, really.
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