The race that was a sea of pink...
June 3 was the National Race for the Cure, right here in DC. It's part of the race series that supports the Susan B Komen Foundation for breast cancer research. Even though I hadn't been running for two weeks due to the Greece event, I had already signed up for this race back in May, and figured with the number of people that would be participating, I wouldn't be looking for a new PR in the 5K. Thank goodness for that, because this was the biggest mob scene of pink I've ever seen, under cloudy skies and high humidity. Thousands and thousands and thousands of survivors and participants either came to walk or run the 5K around the National Mall... and even though the runners took off about 15 minutes before the walkers did, there were so many people that even I had to come to a complete stop in some parts of the course. In some ways, it was amazing that there were so many people out to support such a great cause. In other ways, the running/walking etiquette was sometimes frustrating. I have never claimed to be a fast runner. I don't aspire to be, but the races keep me in check and my goal is just to cross the finish line. So since I know that I am not a fast runner, I try to keep to the right side of the course, so that the faster people can pass me. However, this race pretty much threw all the rules out. Some of the walkers decided to start with the runners and were all over the course (instead of staying to the right). Some of the runners would just decide to stop moving without moving to a side of the course. Passing was nearly impossible with the number of people in the first two miles of the course. I won't even get into what the mess was like at the water station. In the end, I did cross the finish line, about 5 minutes off my usual 3 mile mark, but what can you do? I love supporting the cause, but I just don't know if I'll do this particular race again next year.So I have no more races on the schedule yet, and need to get back into the groove. If anyone knows of a good race coming up, let me know.
posted by Eves @ 2:03 PM
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