Shamrock Sportsfest - 8k - Run8k

This is the first race I've managed to run the whole time!! I ran with my husband, Andy. We started off really easy and let everyone pass us. Basically, the goal was to keep running and that's exactly what we did. I was having kind of a hard time overheating before the first water stop and near the turn around. After I had water both times, I felt a lot better.

Mostly, I was proud of myself for not giving up and starting to walk and keeping the feet moving. We were pretty slow, but Andy hasn't been training too much and I was trying not to get my legs tired. In that regard, I think the race was a success.

I was pretty warm, almost too warm, which makes me think wearing shorts and a tshirt tomorrow won't be a problem even though it is supposed to be a bit colder.

Not much. I wasn't trying to be fast with this race, so I wouldn't have changed much.

Walked to the porta-potties. Then got a bag of food and walked back to the hotel.


Holding back for the half-marathon tomorrow.


It would have been nice to have one more water station. The second one was a little far away. Looking at the map, it seems ok, but on the course, I felt like the turn-around would have been a good place to have another water stop.

I don't like having to walk so much on the sand after the race. That was kind of annoying, especially for people running two days. I really don't want to have sand in my shoes for tomorrow.