10k--check!

It was a great day for a 10k. The sun was out, but it was only in the high sixties with a breeze, so it wasn't too hot. My husband and I were both doing our first 10k, the Shore Run/Walk that benefits Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research. Not a bad place to spend $35 or whatever it was. AND we got a free shirt (long sleeved, or at least it is on people that don't have monkey arms). If we keep up a racing schedule, I'm starting to wonder where all these T-shirts are going to go ...

I managed to pace myself much better than at the last race, ending up with just under a 12 minute mile, which is right where I am. I finished at the back of the pack, but wasn't last, and wasn't even last in my age group. I'll take it.

The run goes along Lake Washington, and I was a bit worried there would be a lot of hills. There were really only two, and only one was big. I think I have living on Phinney Ridge to thank for those hills not being very difficult for me. I'm starting to really like hills, I tend to pass people :) Its too bad Lake Washington Boulevard has pot holes in it because if I wouldn't have had to pay such close attention to the road, I could have watched more of the view.

Only one long run left, on Sunday, before the half marathon.