… never comprehending the race had long gone by.
- With apologies to Modern English
Time until marathon starts: 40 days, 20 hours, 40 min., 17 sec.
Miles run since last post: 23.7
Race t-shirts acquired since 01 Jan., 2008: 9
WEEK 6, SOLDIER FIELD ( 01 Sept., 2008 ) – Last night, I took part in running history. I joined 13,999 other people to run the Nike+ Human Race 10K at Soldier Field – one of 25 10Ks taking place in cities around the world on the same day. It was touted to be the world’s largest running event, or as Nike put it, “the day the world stopped to run.”
Yesterday was a milestone for several of my colleagues too – Amy and Archie made their racing debuts at the Human Race, and the Human Race was Evangeline’s first 10K in seven years. Amy, pictured with me above, ran a 10:35 pace to finish in an impressive 65:42, and Archie finished with a 57:04 time. Evangeline tore it up with a 64:05 finish. Way to go, guys!
As for me, I started out running sub-8 minute miles for the first third of the race, but averaged an 8:32 pace for a 52:57 finish.
Here are a couple more pictures from the race. I’ll add more if there are any good ones from the race-day photographers.
A sea of red t-shirts, pre-race
Run Amy, Run!
Update 6 Sept., 08: Courtesy of Nike
40 days to go
Even though it’s occupied most of my summer, it’s hard to believe that I am 40 days away from the big event. And a lot will be happening in the next 40 days. Next Saturday is another milestone run – 18 miles. The Chicago Half Marathon is the following week, and the Nike Ready to Run 20 Miler is the week after that. This past Saturday was a drop back run – only 12 miles. Funny how 12 miles can suddenly seem like a reasonable distance to run! I think I can safely say I’m over the foot sprain – I ran with my usual 9 mile pace group on Saturday and felt great.
Good times.
