Fact: I woke up today thinking I had no business to run the Tufts 10k for Women.
Fact: The last time I ran 6 miles was my half marathon in June. The highest mileage I have ran lately is 3.6 miles.
Fact: It was a beautiful day in Boston with perfect running temperatures.
Fact: I had some great friends to run the race with – Jenn and Maribeth
Fact: It took us FOREVER to get to the start line but at least the beginning part of the race was downhill
Fact: I felt amazing while running this race. I could not believe it.
Fact: This is the first time EVER I have ever run without my headphones. When I ran my Disney half marathon, my amazing spectators were shouting my name and I didn’t hear it. It is now referred to as the “Heather” when you don’t acknowledge your fans while running. I did today, in fact, acknowledge my fans.
Fact: I finished this race in 1:02:05. A PR since this is my first 10k.
My garmin messed up a little bit – it turned on in my backpack so please disregard most of lap 6.
Fact: I ate two bagels today – one immediately after the race and a pizza bagel before we left Boston. I haven’t had that many bagels in so long. I think my belly is on bagel overload.
Fact: I am exhausted and think I’m going to hit the couch. So much for paper writing tonight.
Fact: I think the Tufts 10k for Women may be my new favorite race!
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Congratulations!! So excited for you guys and that you finally had a great race!!
Haha, love this post and CONGRATS on the 10K
I really want to do that race some year but I haven’t run 6 miles ever haha so I have to train a bit next year!
Congratulations Heather! That’s an amazing accomplishment. I’m so inspired by all the ladies who ran that race. Great job!
Great job on the 10K! I’m so jealous you ran this race! I basically had a similar experience as you monday morning except I opted out of running it due to stress etc. But this looks like a great race and well organized I’ll definitely be doing it with Kelly next year haha : )
I am sore today but still L O V E this race
so glad we were able to do it together!!! Wooohooo can’t for next year!
CONGRATS!! I ran the race too! What a fun race! Mmmm bagels.. my favorite!