Friday, April 24, 2009

Reese's Run Virtual Race Report

Today I participated in a great virtual event hosted by Marci and Christy to raise money for Juvenile Arthritis. We were invited to run 4 miles or 4 kilometres in honour of Reese's 4th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Reese!


I set out to run my four miles in a light drizzle. I had planned to take it nice and slow after Yasso repeats with my clinic last night and wanting fresh legs for my half marathon coming up on Sunday. Unforunately, less than 10 minutes into the run I got caught in a huge downpour! I made a "mid-race" decision to drop down to the 4KM event.

By the time I got back, I was soaked to the bone... but still smiling. I snapped a quick pic when I walked in the door.



Results are in!



My pace is certainly nothing to write home about, but it was fun to get out there and run for a good cause. Thanks to Marci & Christy for organizing this great event and congrats to all the other Reese Runners.

B.A.A. 5K report coming up tomorrow. Promise!

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Good job!

I don't think I've ever smiled that much while sweat was running down my face, though. LOL

Mel-2nd Chances said...

great job, i was happy to miss the rain :D good luck in your HM!

Mark said...

Nice smile! Good luck on the half!!

Marci said...

Great picture, what a smile!! Awesome job and thanks again for running. I may see you Sunday (although I am running 20K tommorrow so I will be slow if I do run Sun). Either way good luck!!

Run Sarah said...

Love the photo! Good luck on Sunday if you don't post again until then...you have trained hard and made such an awesome recovery after earlier this year, I know you will do awesome!

Denise said...

Adorable pic...looked like you were really having a good time.

joyRuN said...

Excellent pic & good luck on the half :)

Jess said...

You look triumphant!

RunningLaur said...

Great job running in the rain!

teacherwoman said...

Great job! You look very happy! :)

J said...

Love the rain soaked look! great job on the run!

Run Mommy said...

Nice work! I love that your picture!

Thanks for participating and for the great message - she had a fantastic birthday!

Lindsay said...

sometimes running in the rain is kinda fun! :)

Brian said...

Awesome! I love virtual races, as long as you dont talk to an invisible person while running, hehe

I Run for Fun said...

Nice run! You look great in the pic.