Nike Run Hit Remix

I really do feel great. I accomplished a summer of running and I capped it off with a 5 mile (~8K) race! I made it in under an hour too! 57m 40s to be exact :)
JJ couldn't run with me because he was working out-of-town but he was definitely there in my head encouraging me on :)

I've never run a 5-mile before so I was definitely nervous! On the website, it said you had to keep a 12 min/mile pace and I wasn't sure I could keep that up for a whole 5 miles! It was a lot of fun though; you can tell it was a really "rich" race because they had so many sponsors: Jamba Juice (free juice!), Clif Bar (free bar!), free refreshments (apples, trail mix, chips), one free beer (Goose Island - which I didn't have), and bands! Bands played at every mile and the half mile in between there was some entertainment (confetti, Elvis impersonator, Japanese drums, bagpipes!) so it kept me entertained.

At the end of the race, I was so happy to see my accomplishment summarized as this:


I'm so happy that I'm proud of me! Yay me! Of course, JJ is proud of me too! If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't even have run as much as I did this summer! Yay JJ! :)

Edit 8/22/2006: Here are photos of me after the race, courtesy of the photographers at the run! Thanks!