Greater Binghamton Bridge Half Marathon
Today was the type of run that every runner should have for a first race, no matter the distance. The weather was perfect, I enjoyed every step, I met my goal yet took time to celebrate with spectators, take selfies with family and friends and ran with some amazing women who helped me enjoy the race. I’ve run longer races and short races but today was the perfect race. As of right now, this is my favorite race that I’ve done. So on race day you should do nothing different from what you’ve done in training runs. Today I did three new things. I ran with flatties. (Pictures of running friends from around the country). I ran with a new camera. Took video for the 1st 4 miles instead of pictures because I was on the wrong setting. (took almost a 100 pictures) I ran with shoes that only have 3 miles on them. I hear the collective gasp now. Seriously, they are Vibrams and I they don’t really need to be broken in. Pre-race: *I was up at 5 am ...