I did my first 10K today. I participated in the Nike+ Human Race 10K. Races were held all around the world. If you weren’t in a city that was hosting a race, you could run by yourself and download the run. I have had this race on my list of races for 2008, but decided yesterday that I wasn’t going to participate. Well to my surprise when I woke up this morning, I decided to give it a try. I didn’t run the whole time, but can say that I did run 75% of the 10K. My time was 1:21:08 still waiting to see where I placed, right now I am somewhere in the 17,000, and a couple cities still have to do their race. Everyone has until 9/02/08 to download their run. It was a neat experience to know that so many people around the world are running the same race. The closest race to me would have been Chicago, maybe next time; I bet the atmosphere at that race was out of this world. I will let everyone know on the 09/03/08 what place I come in.

3 Daily Blogs In 1

Thursday, August 28, 2008 – I did a 1-hour water walking class and a 1-hour deep water fitness class at the Natatorium. I first tried water walking this summer at Water Works and really enjoyed it, since the summer is over, I decided to try it at the Natatorium, and the lazy river is a lot smaller than at Water Works, so it wasn’t as much fun. I loved the Deep Water Fitness class and will continue it through-out the winter.

Friday, August 29, 2008 – Mom, dad and I headed out with the dogs to finish another trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Challenge. We hiked our 7th of 10 trails. This trail was just short of 6 miles. I thought I would have to carry the dogs a lot, since their little legs can go that far, but they surprised me and walked almost the whole trail. Later in the day I walked 2-miles around the track with my friend Jennifer.

Saturday, August 30, 2008 – I am taking today off, since I put in a lot of miles the past few days.

Out Run Ovarian Cancer 5K

August 23, 2008, I ran my second 5K. It was the OROC 5K (Out Run Ovarian Cancer). It started and finished at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. My parents and Natalie were there for support and I want to thank them for getting up so early and cheering me on as I started and finished the race. The route took us from the Rock Hall, by the Science Center, Cleveland Brown Stadium and the House of Blues and back to the Rock Hall. There were different muscian's along the route to keep all the runners going. Before the race, they had a small expo and all the survivor's let go of turquoise balloons and a white balloon was let go in memory of those who have passed. It was such an inspiration to see so many survivors taking part in the race. I finished almost 2 minutes ahead of my last run, which made me happy. I thought the race would be pretty flat, but there were a few hills to contend with.

Out Run Ovarian Cancer 5K