It’s the first day of spring, and it’s official — I have my first sunburn of the year.
Despite not having run in two weeks (though to my credit, I’ve been playing soccer and skiing) I did my part of the Seabrook Marathon Relay today. I covered the ~6.5 mile out-and-back in ~1:12, for ~11:00 miles. I’m not totally sure on the time though because I forgot to start my watch until somewhere in the first mile and official results aren’t up yet. 1:12 is a far cry from my great 10K of a month ago, but ah well. The point is to get out there and run.
My right knee is still bothering me a bit. Not enough to keep me from running; it’s more of a pressure thing, as in, it only really hurts when I put pressure on it, like kneeling on the floor or something. Regardless, it’s been nagging me since sometime in the middle of my marathon training. That was four months ago. It’s probably time to go see a doctor about it. Boo.
Ron did the first leg for us in right about an hour, followed by me, Jess in ~1:03, and Gavin in slightly under an hour, I think. I didn’t even see what our official time was, but it was in the 4:10 range. Heh — I ran a 4:10 marathon! 😉
I was definitely the tortoise of our team, but c’est la vie. After my leg, I hung around until noon taking photos for Karen Thibodeaux. I went to both the Tsunami 5K and this race today helping her with photos as sort of a “tryout” for the future. I’ve never shot anything like a race before, and my skills are certainly on the level of an amateur, but I like races and I like photography — what better way to combine two interests? Hopefully I got some good shots and can do it again. If nothing else, it’s a great learning experience. I met another photographer today and learned a lot just chatting with him between race finishers.
