Jennifer and I ran the Marine Corps 10k today. It was a nice day, sunny and in the 50s, and we both had a good run. I set a world record...for people with my social security number...coming in at 60:24. It was below my goal of a ten minute mile pace and four minutes better than my last 10k. Jen also was well below her goal, so we were definitely pleased, although she may have preferred it to be a couple degrees warmer (notice the hat and gloves!).
The course was good, but probably not as nice as the Army 10 miler. However, the finish was outstanding. After starting off on the mall, running across the 14th St bridge into Virginia, and a couple miles through Crystal City, the route merges with the end of the Marine Corps Marathon course and you head north past the Pentagon and Arlington Cemetery. The last tenth of a mile is uphill to the Marine Corps Memorial, which is the statue of the famous picture of the Marines storming the hill and raising the flag in Iwo-Jima.
Random thoughts: the PA announcer said that the Marines did a marathon on a base in Iraq today, although it was a little warmer there: a brisk 120 degrees. The picture is of us posing with Miles, the races' mascot. I think this marks the end of my racing for the year. Maybe I will do something next year.
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Congratulations on another run!!
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