April Showers Puddle Runs

[skhill]

Well, no PR in today's race. Instead, it was my first DNF. It was hard to run with a respiratory tract full of phlegm. Oh well. Bailed at 4k, at a respectable 22:54, all things considered, but that was enough. If I hadn't preregistered, I probably wouldn't have even tried.

[Crankin]

I went on a trail run today; the last time I ran (same trail) was the first week in February, before I got bronchitis. I run even slower on the trail than the road and there's some water bars in the beginning I have to walk/jump over, but I ran pretty much the rest until I got to the steepest part of the 25% grade up to my street. It's about 4 miles total out and back, but that includes the half mile I walk down the street to catch the trail and the 1/8 of a mile from the end of the trail to my house (I actually ran down the dirt on the side of the street here, until I got to my driveway).
Beautiful day, didn't see a soul and I was glad I was not on my bike since the wind was gusting up to 35 mph.

[nuliajuk]

If only we had showers.
It snowed again last night, just enough to lightly coat the ice and hide it from view, not enough to completely cover it and make it less slippery. I've enjoyed the skiing, but I'm done with winter!!!

[skhill]

It's warm, at last! And the pollen has either decreased or I've adjusted somewhat. So I got out for a very nice run this morning. Just over 5 miles, at an 8:30 pace. Part of that speed came from nearly getting hit by a driver making an illegal turn. There's no left turn permitted at that intersection and the driver wasn't using a turn signal so I was taken by complete surprise. With the adrenalin flowing the next mile or so was extremely fast!

[Anelia]

My first running race EVER was yesterday. I ran 1500 m and became 5th. I had higher hopes but the other girls ran really fast. My time: 6min11sec. After that we had a relay 4х100 m and I ruined my team but I couldn't do anything more: sprints are not my cup of tea. Today we have 800 m individual and 4x400 m relay.

[OakLeaf]

Holy moly Anelia, you are FAST! Good luck today!

[yellow]

Oakleaf, have a great run at Boston!

If we had your bib #, we could follow you!