{"id":458,"date":"2012-07-16T08:02:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T12:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2012-07-16T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:04:05","slug":"race-report-annapolis-striders-womens-distance-festival-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/race-report-annapolis-striders-womens-distance-festival-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Report – Annapolis Striders Women’s Distance Festival 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last of the WDF 5Ks for the summer!\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 Not that I don’t love racing, but I’m excited to be able to really set my own training schedule again.<\/p>\n

This race was a lot of fun.\u00a0 I love the Striders’ races though.\u00a0 They always put on a good, well organized race.\u00a0 And the other thing I love about this race is that following it, there is a men’s race, called Run after the Women 5K. And rather than a shirt, the swag for the race was a hat!\u00a0 I have so many shirts that I love when the swag for the race is something different.<\/p>\n

The race is a looped course, with two full loops through various neighborhoods.\u00a0 Gorgeous scenery and lots of people out to cheer on the runners, which is always fun.\u00a0 And, in a distinct change from last weekend’s race, there were so many water stops.\u00a0 Of course, it’s easier on a looped course, but the course had two water stops, plus water at the finish.\u00a0 That meant that while running, you passed water five times.\u00a0 Luckily, the weather has cooled off significantly, but I was still pleased to see this sort of course support.\u00a0 This is another race with a lot of newbie runners (so fun to see them at the finish!) and the added water and cheers are always welcome.<\/p>\n

When I left my house Saturday morning, it was drizzling, but nothing too bad.\u00a0 I hoped it would stop by the time the race started.\u00a0 It was cloudy at race start, but the forecast didn’t indicate storms, so we figured we were safe.\u00a0 Not far from the finish, the skies started to open.\u00a0 Jen and I were running a pretty solid race, keeping our intervals and chatting throughout.\u00a0 So when the rain started, we just laughed.\u00a0 It wasn’t too bad, but the thunder was a bit ominous.<\/p>\n

By the time we finished, however, it was absolutely pouring.\u00a0 Sheets of water falling from the sky.\u00a0 We were drenched.\u00a0 The sort of rain where you have to wring out all of your clothes afterward.\u00a0 Absolutely crazy.\u00a0 And the men still had to run in this!<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I remembered to bring a spare set of clothes so was relatively dry for breakfast.\u00a0 And by the time we finished, the sun was out and the sky was clear.<\/p>\n

But I think my poor shoes are still wet.<\/p>\n

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