Always nice to do an officially organized run in the neighborhood. Didn't even know about this until Monday, and never would have at all if I'd not decided to go for a run on Monday afternoon and seen the sign on the towpath. Nice run, went off shortly after the Delaware Canal Half Mary, which brought in almost 500 participants.

I took no walking breaks, kept it up the entire distance, slowing down a time or two in order to catch my breath. Very congested for the first third of a mile or so, hard to get around people, and doubly tough on the towpath, had to pick your moments to pass, which i did twice. Managed my pace well enough, running faster as the race progressed, but not enough to break the 30-minute mark, dang it!

Maybe start a little closer to the front so as to avoid some of the MOP and BOP congestion. But it doesn't matter. Great opportunity to do a nice hard run on my own "home course" with a bunch of other like-minded folks. Good time had by all, I think.

Walked around to catch my breath, drank some water, hit the porta-potty.


Lack of run-specific raining here lately. I've only run twice, I think, between Black Cat and today.


Excellent little race...we even got medals for the 5K...unheard of! And a heckuva spread afterward...I had a cheeseburger for crying out loud! If they'd had water on the 5K course (which is not that big a deal, I know), I'd have given it a "5".