The Barnetts: A Race a Month

Sunday, April 10, 2011

A Race a Month - April.

Today, I continued my goal for running a race month by completing the Shamrock Shuffle 8k. The race just happened to be on the first day Chicago decided to hit 80+ degrees (or really anything over 60), but more on that later...

David and I decided to stay at the designated race hotel, The Hilton on Michigan Ave., which was a great decision. We had to go to Navy Pier on Saturday to pick up my race packet which would mean driving back and forth, plus an early wake up for the race! We enjoyed our stay in the city; ate at David's favorite deli, Manny's, walked around Navy Pier and Michigan Ave, and ordered Little Fockers (terrible!) while eating room service. It was also a super easy walk to the race in the morning which was the best part.

I was a little nervous about the heat and decided not to push it and instead listen to my body and walk if I felt like I needed to...and I did just that! My overall goal was not to go over an hour and I accomplished that, so I am ~~kinda~~ happy with my time. The race went through the streets of downtown so it was very scenic and fun to run through. There were tons of other runners though...40,000! It was the largest 8k in the world.

One other fun parts of the race was that David's brother, Phil, ran also! We met up with him, his girlfriend Melissa, and my mother-in-law Leslie afterwards for brunch. All in all it was a fun run!