Bloomsday!
Yehaww! I completed the 7.5 mile Bloomsday run this morning with my sister and her boyfriend, and I figure I did it in about 55 minutes give or take a minute. I didn't actually run with them as they wanted to go a little slower, but it was really a blast. I ended up running with a 12 year old boy named, Richard, who I think was autistic. Every few minutes he would pat me on the back and say, "Good job! Good job!" or "You're slowing up my man, let's get a move on." He was a very in shape 12 year old, and I had trouble keeping up with him. He was fun though and his parents were nice too. Half way through the run I saw an old friend of mine run head first into a parking meter because she wasn't looking, so I stopped to make sure she was ok. My official time across the finish line was 1:04:48, however with the fact it took me 3 minutes and 34 seconds to even get to the starting line because of the crowds and because I took approximately 3.5 minutes to stop and make sure Jen was ok (yes I timed it), I'm pretty sure I did it in under and hour so I feel pretty good about that. I've been running my daily 2-3 miles at about 7 min. miles, so I was a little slower than I hoped. I also think Doomsday Hill was much harder on me this year. I should've budgeted my energy a little better. My sister and her boyfriend did it in around 1 hour 5 minutes, so they did awesome too. Next year I'm going to make a giant balloon dragon sculpture that has balloon runners hanging out of its jaws and carry it in the run. It will motivate runners to run faster to avoid being eaten. :) *grin*