For this race, you run through the Saratoga Technology & Energy Park, up to GlobalFoundaries and through the Luther Forest Technology Campus.  Sound exciting? NOT!

It is sponsored by GlobalFoundaries where my stepson works and it’s a race. And for this race, you get a hat, tee shirt, water bottle, running towel and cider donuts afterwards.

 

 

My weekday runs are SLOOOOOOOOOOW and painful.  Not so much physically painful but mentally painful (and a little physical pain afterwards.)

I either need a running partner or a race.

People that I know who run live far away, don’t work, run too fast and/or too many miles. So I choose races.

So far, it seems to work.

• I run better in a race.
• I push myself.
• I don’t run alone.
• I feel better after than before.

5k races, however, do get in the way of long weekend runs.  I can add on miles afterwards but in a race I don’t run my long run pace and it’s not the same when you stop in between for a long time.

For now, I’ll deal with it since my first scheduled half marathon isn’t until March.

Happy Running!  Do sign up for a lot of races?