I am registered for the 2011 Army Ten-Miler in DC (October 9th)! I am so excited for so many reasons!
1. I <3 DC! It is hands down one of my favorite places in the country! I grew up in Maryland for 8 years and have so many memories of going to the city... mainly for school field trips to the Smithsonian. I just love it! There is so much to do and it's so different from where I live now.
2. I am running the race with two of my awesome friends, Lu and Alexis (Lu and I are in the left picture, Lex and I in the right)! I can't wait to run the race with them, and more importantly, hang out and eat lots of yummy food the rest of the weekend! :)
3. The distance sounds perfect (not quite a half marathon but still a challenge for me!) and the course map looks AMAZING!!!! It'll be so cool to run past the Jefferson Memorial, down the National Mall, etc. Ahh can't wait! The ONLY bummer about it is they don't allow phones, cameras, etc. so I wont be able to take pictures along the way, but it'll be worth it for sure!
I think it's going to be a great race. I am a little nervous how big it will be though! This race is so popular I had to go on at midnight the night the registration opened to reserve our spots. It opened Sunday, 5/15 at midnight and it closed at 5:20pm on the same day, 5/15! Crazy!!! It was nuts trying to get registered too... the online system was so bogged down. I was so nervous I would get myself registered and then Lu or Alexis wouldn't get registered before it closed and I'd be doing it alone. lol!
I am also considering doing a half-marathon in November (more on that later) so if so, this should be a good distance to do at that time. We will see how my IT Band will hold up with all of this!!!! I haven't been running hardly at all lately and have been focusing on strength training and spin class, so I will have to start incorporating running back in.
I can't wait to share more about my training for this race and pictures afterwards. For now, I will leave you with some of my favorite pictures of DC from my past trips!
Have you ever been to DC? What was your favorite place to visit there? (If you haven't gone yet, you HAVE to go!!)
How fun!!! Y'all are going to have a blast!!! :0)
ReplyDeletesounds so fun! I will be racing a half on that day!
ReplyDeleteI ahven't been to DC since 8th grade, but I went then and once when I was about 7. I enjoyed it in 8th grade, it was a school trip and we also went to philly and NYC!
That sounds like so much fun! I am so jealous that you are going there! I want to go there one day so bad, but we have to wait! The 10 miler sounds like a blast too! I can't wait to see and hear about it!
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