Started way in the back. There were pace markers. It took almost 10 minutes to get to the start. Once we started, jogged a little and took about 1/2 mile to get around some walkers and slower runners and got into a groove, or at least tried to find one. I started following a group and tried to hang on, but they were speeding up and going faster, so I just hung back and decided to run my own pace.

It was a nice course. Lots of groups training for various marathons and races.

There was a fair amount of walkers and I did pass a lot of them and some slower runners. It's supposed to feel good, but I did find myself feeling a bit like, "hey, maybe I should be walking" because there were so many walkers (or at least I thought there was). It was nice to be able to pass some folks.

I tried to keep a fairly even pace throughout and I didn't stop to walk on any hills. There were some hills around mile 4-5 and some nice downhills. I ran through the water stops and took sips, no nutrition and it worked okay.

Tried to go a bit faster around the last 1.5 miles and found mysself getting a bit tired, but it was probably the lack of sleep and last night catching up to me.

Saw the finish and ran in, smiling at Laura when she cheered me on at the finish chute.

Hm, I think not going to a concert and sleeping normally would definitely help my performance!! But honestly I'm proud of how I did despite the last 24 hours and I think it's one of my faster long runs and well, this is my first official 10K run ever, so I'm pretty happy with it.

Got my hat, got some good grub....they had ice cream, fruit bowls, pasta, pizza, water, etc...it was quite a good post party. I enjoyed it. Then walked back to the car and went back to the hotel!


See above.


This is a very well-organized race. Lots of volunteers, plenty of aid stations and the race coordinators and race director was very helpful. If I'm ever in this area again, I would totally do this race again. It was lots of fun!