Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Home Run

On Saturday, October 18, I participated in the Home Run 5K.  I am not a fast runner by any means, so my goal was to finish the 3.1 miles in 30 minutes or less.  I was thrilled to cross the finish line at 30:22!  Yipee!!  (My Race Results)

It was extremely foggy on Saturday morning.  It was so foggy, my glasses were completely fogged up within half a mile of the run.  I decided it would be better to run without them than to continue with them on.  When I got to the final stretch of the 5K, probably the last 0.25 mile, there was a volunteer cheering on the runners.  She clapped and yelled, "Good job!  You're doing great!  Keep it up!  Almost there!  You can see the finish line from here."  Uh-huh, I thought, not without my glasses.  All I could see was the arch at the finish line.  I could not see the writing on the arch that said finish.  Good thing there was also a crowd there cheering on the runners, or who know where I would've ended up!

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