Rainy Day Run

This is the map of the race I ran this morning. The Great Race is Pittsburgh's annual fall 10K (6.2 mile) race, and I'm super proud to have finished in under an hour. Earlier this month I was doing a great job of training, and would have liked to aim for about 52 minutes. But ever since I fell victim to that not-swine-flu not-mono illness, my lungs just haven't liked running. So I went into this race cold, and was thrilled to find that I didn't have to stop to walk.

Eric and I ran the same race 2 years ago, and I was much worse off then: I had to stop to pee at the halfway point, and the uphill 5th mile forced me into a walk. The sun was beating on us pretty hard, and an older man collapsed in front of us and had a heavily-bleeding gash on his head. Needless to say, today's rain was welcome.

It's good to know I haven't gotten less fit over med school. It gives me hope that I'll keep it up through residency (ha). But it was bittersweet, in a way: I missed Eric running beside me.