Running Weekend

I figured I’d pop in here for a minute to update you all on my running! This weekend was a good one for that.

Saturday morning was the Robert Parker School 5K trail race. A new-to-me place to run trails, I had to sign up to prepare for my upcoming trail half marathon. Thankfully, the trails were in much better condition than last week at the Pine Bush. Even though they were muddy, they were definitely runnable.

Chris’ friends were in town, so he managed to convince them to come run the race with me! It was a blast.

I managed to finish the 5K (two loops on the trails) in 37:50. Although I don’t have any pictures from the course, I did take this one of the shirt!

The design was awesome, but the shirt itself is huge on me! Usually I get a women’s large and run the risk of it being tight, but this one was really big! At least it’s not too tight! 😉

Sunday morning was also the Delmar Dash, another popular local race. Last year I volunteered as a course marshall and this year I wanted to help at the water stop.

It was fun cheering on the runners and handing out the water. The winner won the race running under a 5 minute mile…so incredible.

Anyway, after the race, I stuck around Delmar to do my long run for the weekend. I ran up and down Delaware Ave and then ventured to the Albany County Rail Trail, a fairly new running path in Delmar.

I had been wondering about it for a while now, and finally took the opportunity to check it out since I was already in Delmar. It was pretty sweet actually. There was no mud, and it was just packed dirt and a little bit a gravel. A perfect running surface! The trail runs near the main streets, but keeps you off the road, through the woods and next to nature, I loved it!

I ran 8 miles total at ~10:00/mile pace, making that about 11 for the weekend.

My next race is the Dodge the Deer trail 5K, and then my next half marathon is three weeks away in New Jersey! A week later is my trail half marathon in the Catskills. I’m getting excited for nice weather and some awesome runs.