I took Labor Day a bit too literally this year and started off the day with a 10 mile run with a couple of my girlfriends. We did the Park to Park 10 miler. We all signed up for it pretty late and it felt to me in many ways more like your average weekly long run than a race, but it was a nice course and there was good energy the whole way.
The course was nice with lots of shade and went through four downtown parks. It was a good mix of hilly and flat and none of the hills were too killer. The worst hill we went up had a great downhill afterward though as you were going down it looked like it would be another hill (possibly worse than the first) right afterward, but to my surprise it was actually flat! I can get behind that.
The after-party was good too. They had a pretty decent band and a good selection of tasty food … Panera muffins, Wahoo breakfast burritos, popcicles, even fondue from The Melting Pot and not a stale bagel in sight. Yay. And there was pretty good swag … a nice Brooks tech tee, a mini first aid kit, some Clif Bars and a collapsible reusable tote.
Best of all I had a good race … 10 min miles the whole way which I’m very happy with considering the hilly course and a mid-run potty break. Of course it’s always super fun to run with some of my best girls. And Matty very generously drove us and put up with our craziness. He rocks.