Running
Update: the Cheshire Half Marathon
My first race of the season is done, and it felt great. Yay!
The conditions were perfect: temps in the 40s, partly cloudy, and
dry. The race course is beautiful, half
of it along the Farmington Canal Trail and relatively flat. I ran my best time since the Philly Half
before the pandemic! Early in the race I
noticed two fellow runners keeping pace with me. We urged each other on for most of the race
and finished within a couple minutes of each other. We shook hands and thanked each other at the
end. (Runners are such cool people.)
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| Pre-race gear check |
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| Henri helping me get ready |
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| At the start |
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| Crossing the finish line |
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| Thanks to Todd, the best race supporter! |
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| I love the flower theme on this year's medal! |
The only bad news: I had a shoe mishap a couple of days
before the race and ended up having to run last minute with an old pair of
insoles. The perfect recipe for blisters
:(
Next up: the Providence Marathon three weeks from today.
NF
Update:
Our year-to-date funds raised for the Children’s Tumor
Foundation: $7383! THANK YOU all for supporting us! Every dollar gets us closer to a cure for
NF. If you would like to donate you can
do so at
Jane’s and my next trip to NIH is scheduled for the end of
June. We’re hoping to get there for real
this time.
Jane
Update:
Jane had a birthday this month—she’s FIFTEEN! I just can’t. She got together with some friends that afternoon,
then we had cake and presents as a family that evening. My reason for running <3
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| Opening presents |
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| Henri socks! |
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| Birthday fun with buds |
