Not only was last weekend a long holiday weekend, but it was also my birthday weekend! I headed down to Austin early Friday afternoon to meetup with some high school and college friends, and we went out for mexican food at one of our favorite restaurants. Knowing that we had a 9-mile training run in the morning, we kept the night kinda low-key, but did end up eating a lot of not-ideal pre-run food. And stayed up too late because we were having a "Girls' Night In" sleepover...
All my non-running friends thought that the three of us runners in the group were absolutely nuts when we set our alarms for 5:15 on Saturday morning - but we had some miles to cover and wanted to beat the heat (as best we could). What else was on the schedule? The Inaugural R.O.T.E. Munchkin Run: Half-of-a-Half-Marathon! That's right, a virtual race covering 6.55 miles with Dunkin' Donuts Munchkins (or the equivalent) as a post-race snack? Yes, please! So the 3 of us printed out the bibs, ran our 6.55 miles, and snapped pics afterward with our donut holes!
I didn't run the miles at my race pace, since it was part of a 9-mile training run, but was still ok with my time. After the "race," I got in another 2.45 miles - with the sun out so the finishing miles weren't so great, but they were done! And considering the less-than-ideal "prep" from the night before, I'll take it!
After the run, we got cleaned up and re-joined the rest of the group for a yummy breakfast! Throw in some time in the pool, watching movies, dinner with my family, and a winning football game, and it was an all-around great weekend!
Saturday's stats:
- R.O.T.E. Munchkin Run: Half-of-a-Half-Marathon
- 6.55 mi; 1:28:19; 13:29min/mi avg pace
- Remaining mileage
- 2.45 mi; 0:34:35; 14:07min/mi avg pace
Sounds like an amazing weekend!
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