![]() ![]() ![]() They didn’t have pace areas unfortunately at the starting line (often races will have a “line up here if your expected pace/finish time is X”), so everyone just kind of jumped in where they were, which ended up being annoying as we started wayyyy farther back than we should have. I was impressed Kathleen ran with a Halloween headband on! Festive. I was rocking one of those space blanket thingies to keep me warm before we took off! Here we all are in the corral at the start. ![]() None of us were trying to race the 10k or set any new records, so we agreed to stick together, chat away, and keep the pace casual. I really miss our weekly sunrise run dates! I was running with my friends Kathleen and Sokphal – always nice to have buddies for a race! Kathleen lives here so we trained together some, and Sokphal was in town visiting and it was so good to see her again. I arrived at the race start area about 30 minutes before the start of the race, which was cutting it a little close (my Lyft driver got a little lost), but thankfully I was able to find my friends, check my bag (with my coat and such for post-race), and hit the porta potty! We had the perfect morning for a race – it was quite cold at the start, but crisp and clear and warmed up a bit as we went. So cool to be down on the National Mall when the sun is rising. The energy was amazing! The gorgeous sunrise helped, too: I was supposed to run the DC Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in March 2020, but we all know how that turned out…Īnyway! I had forgotten just how exciting it is to be at the start of a race. I was really excited to get back out and do a race for the first time in 3 years (whoa – the last race I did was the 2019 Marine Corps 10k!). □ Matt has always preferred playing soccer to regular running, anyway! He was not super sad to miss out, to be honest. The other three times I ran it were with Matt (recaps -> 2014, 2018, and 2019!), but this year I ran it with a couple friends. It’s official – my fourth Marine Corps 10k is in the books! ![]()
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