Louisville Triple Crown of Running: Race 2/3

This morning I completed the second leg of the Triple Crown races, the Rhodes City Run 10k.

My friend and running buddy, Shelley, was out of town on vacation, so I was left to run this one solo.

Luckily I have several fellow teachers at school that are avid runners. My assistant principal, Missy, agreed to be my "buddy" for this race. She is definitely more experienced and faster than I am, but she stayed with me through about mile 5. My goal was to just finish the race....I only ran once the week before due to hot weather and attending the Murray/UK games. I ran the entire race....with the exception of walking through the water stops.

Here are just a few pics from the day. It is a great feeling once you cross that finish line...but now I sit here wondering how in the world I'm going to run the 10-miler in two weeks?!?



The only Tepe in the race!





Missy and I after the race! We made it!





Some other teachers from Bernheim: Missy, Tonya, Josh, Kirby, me



Louisville Triple Crown of Running: 1/3

My friend Shelley and I decided several weeks ago to sign up for Louisville's Triple Crown of Running. It is a set of three races that are part of the celebrations leading up to the Kentucky Derby:

March 3: Anthem 5k
March 17: Rhodes City 10k
March 31: Papa John's 10 Miler

Yesterday was the first leg of the Triple Crown. This was the first race I've run since the Mini two years ago, while Shelley has done a couple half marathons and small races since then. We officially began our training at the beginning of January and it started off really great! We were running 4-5 miles on the weekends within a couple of weeks. About three weeks ago I was plagued by some type of achilles/ankle injury/tendinitis. We've slowly gotten back into the groove and now have the first race under our belts. I'm nervous about running 6 miles in two weeks, but am trying not to set my expectations too high. I just want to finish the race; if I have to take it easy and walk a little bit, then that's what I need to do.

Here are just a few pics from the race yesterday. Thanks Shelley for being a really great running buddy!!




Shelley and I before the race. This was taken inside Louisville Slugger Field.





Almost 9,000 runners participated in the Anthem 5k.






Shelley is super excited! I carried my phone with me to try to capture some pictures along the way.






Excited to be close to the finish line!