A few weeks ago (who am I kidding, it's been a month, but a busy month!) I participated in the Philadelphia Blue Cross Broad Street Run, a 10 mile street race with around 40,000 registered runners. It was a blast! The race begins near Olney in North Philly and follows Broad Street straight through the city, past the stadiums, until you hit the Navy Yard. Before race day I've never run 10 miles, 8 miles was my max (which I did two or three days before the race - probably not the greatest idea). I knew I could do it, but I had no idea how long it would take me or what I would feel like at the end.
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| My nutritious pre-race breakfast... I don't get anything done with coffee and bacon. |
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| Post-race with my then fiance, now husband! Yep, it takes me that long to post! |
In the end I felt great. I finished the race in one hour and 23 minutes exactly which comes out to an 8:18 pace. I am so pleased with my time, I put myself in the 9-10 minute per mile heat which ended up being too slow. The race was such a great experience. Since we will be leaving Philadelphia soon-ish, it felt like a great way to begin the countdown, a tour of our city before we say goodbye. I saw mummers, ate my first peanut chew, I almost even high fived Mayor Nutter (he was standing on a median near City Hall high fiving runners, I didn't realize it was him until it was too late :( too bad!).
After the race I spent some time napping with Julius to recover. Here he is on his absolute favorite bed, a grocery box from Fresh Direct. I think he just likes it because it says "seafood" on the side.
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| Trying to read |
I wanted to take a day or so off from running after Broad Street so I decided to use my lunch breaks to take walks. This is a pretty little pond near my office stocked with fish and turtles. It's so nice to have quiet green places like this in the city. Sometimes I just need to see plants!
Happy Sunday!
