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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Gate River Run

Well, I didn't do the half marathon that I wanted to do in February. It was a rough month...I got food poisoning at the beginning of the month, which took me several days to fully recover from, then the family dog I grew up with passed away suddenly the following week, and things just snowballed from there. But, I did commit to a new challenge last month, the Gate River Run! It's written up as the biggest 15K in the United States, and has 17,000 participants this year. It's no half marathon, but it is about 9.3 miles. This is no piece of cake though...it's got some serious uphill with two bridges along the course, with the very, very long one in the 8th mile (so cruel).
I ran about 6.5 miles this past weekend, and though I did bite the dust during the run(for the first time ever while running!) I didn't do too bad, even threw in a couple bridges for fun. The race is next weekend, should be tons of fun! I'll let you know how I did, and maybe even post some pictures if I can snag some.
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