The first annual National Running Day took place yesterday. We got lucky with the weather, a little on the cool side, but sunny and blue skies all around. There were light NE winds.
CARA held a run to celebrate the event at Grant Park. However, I did not attend since it started at 6pm and I usually don't get home from work until around 5pm.
Good old Little Rock actually held a free 5K to celebrate the event. I didn't realize what a HUGE running community there is down there. Kinda jealous, actually...
So I did National Running Day my way. Followed my schedule (11 days away from the North Shore Half), and ran 4 miles at the path near my house. I decided to do a tempo run, just to push it a bit and see how I felt. It felt awesome. I ran the first 2 miles hard, then for the 3rd worked on form and pacing. Then the 4th mile I went hard again. Finished my run (which is actually about 4.5 miles) in 37 minutes. Not too shabby.
While this mainly started as a grassroots kind of thing, many cities and marathon organizers took notice and encouraged everyone to get out and run. I couldn't be happier. I love running, and I hope that others learn to love it as much as I do.
Here's to National Running Day becoming an even bigger deal in the years to come!
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