Crescent City Classic - Run10k

Plan was to stay with the twins, to walk the first mile to let the crowd thin a bit, jog four miles, then every man for himself for the final 1.2. When we got to the start, we waited a few seconds until the clock counted up to 8:00, then started walking.

First mile was crowded, but we weaved through it with me in front and the boys trailing. Even walking, we must have passed a thousand people in the first mile. Got to the water station/clock at Mile 1 a little short of 14 minutes, and started jogging, about a 10-10:30 pace. Passed Angel just before Mile 2, shortly thereafter Dakota started to complain about knee pain. I really think he was just tired or unmotivated, but we stopped to walk a couple times. Finally he decided he would wait for mama. Turned out he was a pain for her as well, and ended up cutting the course just so he could finish.

Dante' and I continued and had a great old time. He ran through all the sprinklers, waved at the costumers along the way, ate a devil dog at mile 4, and did a good job of keeping pace. At about 4.5 miles, he started to pick it up, so I gave him some last minute instructions and let him go. I also picked it up a little, but he beat me by over two minutes. I told him next year we'd train together and shoot to go below an hour.

Train, if I could. This is probably the furthest I've run since Cajun Cup in November.

Found Dante' at the finish, got a water and a Gatorade and went into the stadium. Found some jambalaya, CheeWees, Zapp's chips and other goodies, then finally found Dylan, Angel and Dakota and headed to the car.


Lack of training. ;)


Best race in NO, nice course, 15,000+ participants, big party after. this has become an annual family outing.