Broad Street Run 2012

It's Sunday April 29 and I'm supposed to run the Broad Street 10 Mile race on Sunday May 6.  I spent the day with my leg elevated and iced down until I couldn't stand the cold any more.  I can barely walk due to my injured calf muscle and training for the Broad Street Run seems out of the question.  I checked the website to see if it was possible to defer my entry and I have until tomorrow April 30 to make up my mind about the deferment.  

 

I hated to do it but I took the deferment for the 2012 Broad Street Run. 

Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-Mile Run

On April 21, 2012 we had a cold front pass through Pennsylvania bringing heavy rain, high winds and cooler temps.  I decided if it was raining in the morning I was staying in bed.  I'm willing to run in the rain and I'll run when it's cold but I will not run in the cold rain.  It was not raining in the morning but it wasn't very warm.  I'm always early for races and my mistake for this event was going to the park early.  I should have stayed in my car where it was warm and taken a later shuttle bus to the park.  Instead I took an early shuttle bus I was at the park over an hour before the race started.  I had to walk / run just to stay warm.  Temperature at race time was 45 degrees and the rain started just as the race started.  It wasn't a hard rain but it was hard enough to be annoying to those of us that wear glasses.

My goal was to finish the Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-mile Run under 40 minutes so I started at the back of the 7 minute pace group.  It was a little slow getting started as I searched for a clear path and fought to establish my pace.  Things opened up at the one mile mark and by the second mile the hills had started to separate the runners.  I ran the race just as I had planned and finished under 40 minutes.  I plan to run this race agin next year.

Race Results

Butterfly 5K run

On April 7, 2012 I ran the Butterfly 5K at the Great Valley High School.  This was my fastest finish in a 5K race with a chip time of 22:27 and a pace of 7:14.  I finished in 61st place and finished 5th in my age group.

Butterfly 5K Race Results

April Fool's Day run

On April 1st I ran the Valley Forge 5 mile loop not once but twice.  I did much better holding a training pace and finished the 10 miles with a 9 minute pace.  There are just a couple more weeks until the race but I think I'm ready to run the race in less than 40 minutes.