Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run - Run

Before the race even started, I needed to go to the bathroom again (drinking too much before the race started, I guess). I spotted some port-a-potties before the 1 mile marker and decided to wait in line to get it over with. Overall stop was about 3:30.
Ditched bottle of 1/2 water, 1/2 gatorade at about the 1.5 mile marker.
Left hip started hurting at about 2 mile mark. Not sure what that was about, but I felt it the rest of the run. I managed to continue to run though and didn't walk.
Saw Tim and Brad at about mile 9 and they ran with me until almost the end, which was great!

Try to go to the bathroom closer to the race start so I wouldn't have to stop on the course. Not the end of the world though.

Found Tim and Brad and stretched a lot. Grabbed some food and water and then caught the shuttle back to the metro stop.


Left hip pain. Not sure what I can do about that. Would have liked a faster time, but was happy to get in the 10 miles without walking. I guess more longer runs in training will help my overall time and may help the hip pain.



Overall, a great race. It was organized and the shuttle system was surprisingly hassle free! There were drink stations every 2.5 miles. I think they could have used more simply because they were very crowded. Also, instead of drinking only 4 times on the course, I would have preferred to drink smaller amounts more often (if there were stations every mile).
The race has a lot of participants, but I never felt smothered by everyone. And for how many people ran, everything went smoothly.