Leprechaun Chase 10K

Last Saturday, March 9th, Jess, Sarah and I ran the Leprechaun Chase.  It was a 10K run that started from inside The Air and Space Museum, went through Mahoney State Park and ended back inside The Air and Space Museum.  It was a FUN time with GREAT friends!  I have mentioned in previous posts that I am blessed to have these two gals to run with, and I mean it!

We couldn't have asked for a better day weather wise.  It had rained in the early morning, but the temp was near 50 degrees.  It was cloudy and windy, but overall not too bad.  The course, on the other hand, was tough.  It was muddy in spots and HILLY!  Jess and Sarah ran together and I ran my own race.  Despite the challenging course I was still able to get a PR (personal record).  My previous 10K (last year's Corporate Cup was 50:03), and I ran this in 49:02 or a 7:54 pace per mile.  I was pretty happy with that!  I finished 18th in my division (30-34), 68th female and 237th overall.  There was around 2,000 runners.  Sarah set a goal for her and Jess to run a 9:30 pace and they beat it with a 9:28 overall pace...way to go ladies! 

This was the featured run in February's Runner's World Magazine....pretty cool to have this be in your hometown!  The fun part about the race was that the Lass's (girls) got a 5 and a half minute head start on the Lad's (guys).  The winning gender got free green beer at the after party.  A guy ended up winning, but we were still able to enjoy some green beer and a good time!  Next month the 3 of us are traveling to Kansas City to run the Rock the Parkway Half Marathon.  This will be Jess's first half marathon and we are so looking forward to a girl's weekend!  We will be joined by 2 other college buddies and another gal as well. 

 

 

Three friends having a good ole time!

 I can't forget to mention that the daddy's were left behind with the kiddos and they did a GREAT job!  Those little ones are so lucky to have daddy's like they do!  Lily, Weston, Avery and Rylee.  Weston and Rylee are Jessica's little ones.  Sarah has 3 little ones herself!

 

 

At least we left them with some good snacks!