Great Day for a Race in Downtown Durham!

Bright and early June 2 morning at 7:15, Amy and I ran The Running of the Bulls 8K in downtown Durham. It started in the old Durham Bulls ballpark and also ended with a lap around the warning track then finishing at home plate! That was pretty cool and reminded me of running on a dirt track in Blooming Prairie, MN. I had never seen that stadium before so it was neat to see as it was where the movie Durham Bulls was made. I can't believe how small the stadium is considering where they play currently  I will have to watch that again sometime. They also have a nice farmers market in downtown Durham! We would have liked to stay and wandered around the farmers market but of course Saturdays are usually busy for both of us. Braedyn had a baseball game at noon.

It was a perfect day around 60 degrees and overcast for most of the morning. There were just almost 1000 runners.  I was hoping to run it in 8:00 min mile and was surprised when I hit the first mile at 7:14. I don't think I ran that fast in High School! It was a neat course running through downtown Durham and it wasn't too hilly. I am used of running in Chapel Hill and realized that's a good thing because what people were calling hills I thought were mole hills! I finished with a time of 36:43, which was 5th place for my age group and overall 139th out of 936 runners. So I achieved my running about 7:23 min miles. Amy also achieved her goal and did great! I think that Starbucks pit stop on the way helped both of us! My skinny latte gave me a boost plus a packet of GU gel and quench gum. I had so much caffeine in me, my hands were shaking getting my ipod ready to roll! I told Charlie next time they all will have to come. He always is asking, jokingly, if they have beer and this one did! I thought that wouldn't be good after running but it actually was refreshing. At the post race tables they had the normal fruit, granola, water, poweraide then I noticed someone was drinking a beer. Fullsteam brewery was one of the sponsors so they were handing out beer! They were also handing out freeze pops. The kids and Charlie both would have been happy! Then he wondered, could I just wait for you by the lady serving the beer while you run....the race registration fee wasn't bad either, like 35$, and the Tee was worth it. It was a really nice Nike Tech Tee, dry fit, bright pink with the logo on it pictured above.
If anyones looking for a great headband to keep your hair out of your face for exercising, I got a new one at Fleet Feet in Carborro and it worked awesome! It has been the only I have that stayed in place the whole race!  It has a velour backing which makes it stay put. They are called sweatybands. They are also just pretty to wear for everyday. They have smaller ones and thicker ones. I would like to get a couple more. Great for girls if they have longer hair! They had some pretty designs.