GOTR Mock 5K = Success!

Over this past weekend I held a mock 5k run for my Girls on the Run girls. Considering it was a Saturday over fall break only about 10 girls showed up but they all came ready to run. We ran two segments on the highline canal trail, my favorite trail in Denver and conveniently near their school.

I have to admit that I was throughly impressed with how well and fast all of the girls ran. They were just awesome. We had everyone finish in 45 minutes! And maybe just as impressive was the number of parents that hung around and even ran with us (the majority of them being non-runners!), brought water and oranges for the end of the race and cheered each of the girls on. I find it amazing when parents get involved in their child's school activities and it helped to motivate the girls. I even had some parents ask me if they could register for our real race in November to run with their daughters. Score!

For those of you in the Denver area come run with us or cheer on some hard working girls and their exhausted coaches :)!

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You Just Can't Compare it to Anything Else

From Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, the course crosses the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn and takes a five-mile straight shot up Fourth Avenue through Bay Ridge and Sunset Park to the Brooklyn Academy of Music at eight miles. The course continues through the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg and Greenpoint to the Pulaski Bridge at the halfway point. Runners cross into Queens, pass Silvercup Studios, and continue over the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan, where huge crowds cheer them up First Aveune (miles 16-20). The Willis Avenue Bridge takes runners into the Bronz from mile 20-21, and they return to Manhattan via the Madison Avenue Bridge, cruise down Fifth Avenue through Harlem and along "Museum Mile," and enter Central Park. The final miles include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park South, Columbus Circle, and the world-famous Central Park finish.

I want to send a quick thanks to everyone that responded to my last post via Google Buzz. Definitely some great advice, part of which led me to write this post. I'm going to run and finish this race and remember everything I love about New York and running.

Runners Dilemma

With less then 2 weeks until the NYC marathon I'm finding myself in a world of foot pain. What do I do?!

I went to the doctors after running just 6 miles and feeling like my foot was the size of Jupiter. She took some x-rays and said it's not showing up but most likely it's a stress fracture on the outside of my left foot and that I should 'sit on the couch for a while'. Although I like this doctor a lot she obviously doesn't know me to well.

I've decided to continue running as per my training schedule but to make the runs easier by slowing down or if needed shortening the route a smidgen. Denver seems to be conspiring with my dr. by putting a couple of inches of snow in my way.

Anyone else have any ideas? Since the NYC Marathon is only 11 days away it is mega recovery time anyways but I can't just stop running this close, right? Do I still do the planned 10 miles this Saturday? I suppose most of my runs from here on out will have to be determined by the amount of pain I have after each run. As a friend recently reminded me 'pain is only temporary'. In fact maybe I need a shirt to remind me of that!