April Showers

Well Saturday sure was a wet one ... it poured from the start of the race, all the way through and then even more on the dreary drive home.

I crashed at Lauren's on Friday night so I'd be in a good place in the morning. Being down in Westerly to start meant I only had a 45 minute drive versus 1.5hrs.

I woke up early and got my gear on and made Lauren take a sad looking photo.

And I hit the road for Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick, RI. It's a beautiful park if you've never been. The view when I pulled in to park would have been spectacular had it been a sunshiny day ...

Nonetheless it was a pretty view. I got there a little early so I scoped out the reg "tent" which was actually set up inside an old building that used to house a carousel. I walked over to the starting line to snap a quick photo ...

And at 10am the race began, it was windy and rainy but the temp was just right for running. After 2 weeks of being sick and not doing much running I came in with a decent time of 33:30. Not my bet but certainly not my worst either. I was glad to have made at least under an 11 minute mile even if only by a bit.

I hopped in the car almost immediately after finished and began the 1 hour trek home where I made dad document the soak-factor.

And with that this race is put to bed.

In just 1 week we are in the month of May, which is ALS awareness month, don't forget to donate to the fund. And check back soon because my next race is just 2 weeks away, on May 7th.

Thanks for reading.