It's an understatement to say how proud I am of Josh for finishing the Riverbank 25k just over a week ago. It wasn't the greatest weather to run in as it started pouring about 2 miles into my race and at the starting line of Josh's. There was a record number of participants this year with over 17,000 in the combined races. In efforts to not retype a bunch of stuff below I just copied my personal story/synopsis that I wrote to all my triathlon training friends.
This year for me was actually so much more about my husband who ran the 25k. It was his first time running anything more than a 5k and he and his running buddy did awesome!(They finished at 2:15.00) We met at our house in the morning and drove down together. We had free parking at the Amway which was fun to walk out of the garage into the middle of the start and all the masses of people. I kept looking at the start for anyone from our group but couldn't seem to find anyone. I had my ipod but I think I would have really liked having a buddy to run with this year. Seeing Josh train so much with his friend made me feel lonely. This was my 3rd 10k and a personal best on my race time but it's hard toexplain...I just felt a little lost out there this race. It was alright, but I don't really love running in the rain. I think it slowed me down a little. All in all a good race. Like Bekah said, I just love the event/race atmosphere. WhenI look at other runners I just wonder...what's their story? What does this finish mean to them? What might they be overcoming? etc...
