Ahhhh, back from 10 days of vacation! We travelled to Virginia, Maryland and New York, so it was quite a busy trip. My mother-in-law was signed up to run the Run Like a Diva Half Marathon in Long Island on Sunday, 7 October....so I decided I should run it too!
At first I was pretty nervous. I haven't run more than 6.5 miles in the last 10 months. But I thought, why not? It might not be my best time, but I love all women's events and this seemed like a great opportunity to get in my first long run.
So for the race recap: weather turned out to be PERFECT! They had been calling for rain all week and I really don't like running in the rain when it's cold out. The temps were a little cold for me - I think it was 54 degrees when we arrived at the race. But the sun showed itself as we started the run and it was perfect running weather.
The course was overall very flat. We ran around Eisenhower Park and some museums which was cool. There were tons of folks out cheering us along the route. Aid stations were placed every 2 miles and were very well run. It never got too crowded when trying to get water.
Now for my favorite part - at mile 12 they had a station where they handed out pink feather boas and tiaras! How much fun is that??? I loved it.
At the finish line, we were presented our medals by some very nice looking firemen sans t-shirts ;-)
They had a ton of post race food to include the standard bagels and bananas, but also had flutes of champagne (or ginger ale for the non-drinkers like me) and delicious Luna bars.
I ended up finishing in 1:55:10, which I was thrilled about! I would absolutely run one of their events again! What an awesome event that encourages women of all fitness levels to get out there and challenge themselves!!!
At first I was pretty nervous. I haven't run more than 6.5 miles in the last 10 months. But I thought, why not? It might not be my best time, but I love all women's events and this seemed like a great opportunity to get in my first long run.
So for the race recap: weather turned out to be PERFECT! They had been calling for rain all week and I really don't like running in the rain when it's cold out. The temps were a little cold for me - I think it was 54 degrees when we arrived at the race. But the sun showed itself as we started the run and it was perfect running weather.
The course was overall very flat. We ran around Eisenhower Park and some museums which was cool. There were tons of folks out cheering us along the route. Aid stations were placed every 2 miles and were very well run. It never got too crowded when trying to get water.
Now for my favorite part - at mile 12 they had a station where they handed out pink feather boas and tiaras! How much fun is that??? I loved it.
Fixing my tiara for the photo-op!
They had a ton of post race food to include the standard bagels and bananas, but also had flutes of champagne (or ginger ale for the non-drinkers like me) and delicious Luna bars.
I ended up finishing in 1:55:10, which I was thrilled about! I would absolutely run one of their events again! What an awesome event that encourages women of all fitness levels to get out there and challenge themselves!!!
