JP Morgan Race

Getting up to NYC after work on a Wednesday to run a 3.5 mile race a 7pm then home again with a team of 7 is, hmm... logistically challenging. We got there and back ok, but I felt pretty loopy after the race, LEFT MY PRESRIPTION GLASSES IN CENTRAL PARK, and was bumping into walls all the way home.

I figured this would be a small race - it turns out to be 15,000 people on Wednesday, then another 15,000 on Thursday. Holy crap that is a lot of people to run a 3.5 mile race.

Fortunately I was with people who have done this before, so getting to the starting line wasn't too bad. We were right up front at the start.

... and then came the rain... just as we started!

It was a hilly course and I managed around a 5:55 pace, but should have been much faster - just wasn't feeling it.

I've got to work on my down hill running! Two of my team mates were faster, one was the third place female finisher - she was about 20 seconds in front of me.

So we qualified for the October race, which isn't all that hard to do to be honest. I will have to get much faster though if we want to kick-some-ass.

But before I can think about that, I'll have to focus on the Philly Tri this weekend!