Shamrock Run

My sister has volunteered to do the Shamrock Run with me on Sunday. (mwwhahaha!)

Since it's her first event (wooo!), and I'm doing the Bridge to Bridge 10k two weeks after the Shamrock, we opted to do the 5k. No pressure, she gets to set the pace. This will be the "fun run" that I was supposed to do (but didn't really) for the First Run. I'm guessing 11-minute miles here, maybe a little more.

I went to register and pick up our numbers yesterday at Foot Traffic, who I overlooked listing with the running site links since, for no particular reason, I never actually shop there (I've added them now).

Last year was supposed to be the glorious year I would start in the second wave of the 8k runners, but alas, the cursed injury! Since it's not in the cards this year either, it will just have to be something I look forward to doing next year. It'll be the first race event I run after the marathon because I'm giving my body a little vacation after the marathon.

Speaking of thwarting…it seems our plans to do the Helvetia Half-Marathon have been thwarted because it falls on the same day we're getting back from Boston. Aaargh. I want to do that event, but I'll have to put it off again this year. I'll flip though my issue of Race Center to find another half-marathon to do around that time. My sweetie helpfully asked about the possiblity of finding one somewhere along the coast. He's a suuuuper-genius.