Sunday, April 10, 2022

The Cheshire Half Marathon

 

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.)

Pre-race gear check

Henri helping me get ready

At the start

Crossing the finish line

Thanks to Todd, the best race supporter!

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

www.KRath4Jane.com

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

Opening presents

Henri socks!

Birthday fun with buds