Whew...I finished the first ever Covey Run 10k and it was good.  While the official results are not up yet, I finished in about 45 minutes according to my watch.  I'll post the time when it's live.  In terms of the race itself, it's a pretty flat course that starts at the Red Hook Brewery, goes north on the Woodinville Redmond road, turns onto the Sammamish waterfront trail and loops back around to the brewery.  Not having run on that trail before, I have to say it's pretty nice.  Reminds me a lot of the Burke Gilman trail in terms of the look and feel.

 

My run...I started out way too strong, running a sub 7 minute mile.  By mile two I slowed it down a bit but I was still running a faster pace than what I'd typically run in a marathon.  I don't know what it is, but I always tend to speed up in races as opposed to training runs.  Anyway, knowing I was going too fast, I slowed it down best I could.  There were two other guys running at about the same clip so I stayed with them the whole time.

 

By the time mile 5 came about, I felt really good and I picked it up a little bit.  I could sense that my running mates were doing the same.  Unfortunately for me, I think I peaked a little too early, and I certainly wasn't anticipating a *slight* incline towards the end.  At this point, one of them pulled ahead.  No matter...I muscled on, and pulled ahead of the other one to finsh strong.  All in all, it was a nice way to start the day.

 

Oh, and as this was the first ever Covey Run, I would suggest they have more port-a-potties available prior to the race.  While it all worked out, the line was pretty darn long.  Other than that, I had a good time and would certainly do it again if the timing worked.

 

 

Wanting to stay in shape, I've been doing some fun little runs as of late.  The other week, I ran in the Torchlight Parade for Seafair.  And now, I signed up for the Covey Run run this weekend.  Originally Brent and Jana signed up, but Brent bailed :(  I'm pretty sure Jana is still game.  Afterall, who can turn down an all you can eat grape contest?

 

 

I'm going to be taking a cue from Jana and I will start blogging more about my running exploits, observations, adventures, etc here instead of community related thoughts.  For those looking for community related posts, check out the "Pieces of me" section -->  Those are pointers to my other blogs.  I don't know if it's the change of seasons or what, but with running being a bigger part of my life, it seemed only right to share.