Running of the Green

It was race day!!!  Last night Brinkley and I packed up after work and headed south to Bryn's house!  Even though we were shorted by an hour of sleep, we got up early and prepared (ate pancakes) for our 7k - 4.34 mile run!

When we arrived downtown it was cloudy out and a little chilly.  By the time the race started the sun was breaking out of the clouds and it turned into a beautiful morning for a run!  This was my first time running the Running of the Green so I was surprised by all of the hills on the course.  We ran right by Coors Field and out to the highway, down and up, down and up.  And then up into a neighborhood and down and over the highway.  And back up over the highway and down and up and down and up toward Coors Field and the finish line.

I found my perfect pace early on and stuck with it the entire time.  I was slow and steady going up the hills and made sure not to overdue it on the way up.  My legs felt great and I didn't once feel out of breath!  It was probably one of my best races ever in terms of strong and steady through the entire thing!






I had a lot of fun!!  And am already looking forward to the next race.  I may find another race locally to run in April.  Bryn and I are planning on running the Bolder  Boulder in May.  I'll need to fit in more longer runs if I expect to run the full 6.2 hilly miles for that race!!