Travel Rogue

May 27, 2005

Chase Corporate Challenge

After work yesterday, headed over to Grant Park with 90 other of my colleagues to participate in a 3.5-mile run. It was pretty incredible, 15,000 people all gathered after work on a Thursday to participate in the Chase Corporate Challenge. A few folks opted for the competitive start, Sandra and I were probably in the middle of the pack. It was the perfect evening to run, no wind, mid-60s, blue sky. That was the result of a 50% chance of rain forecast! According to the race clock, I ran the course in 39:44, so I hit my goal of finishing in under 45:00. Hey, don't laugh. I never ran before and I hated running until I started training for this event. Unfortunately, now I'm hooked. There were so many people though, you basically walked for five minutes out of the gate. So I think I did just under 3.5 miles in about 36 minutes. Which makes me very happy. :) So different running in a mess of people. Don't really notice distance because you're just weaving around people trying to find your pace. I missed the 2 mile marker, so it was also a surprise to see the 3 mile marker. I kept trying to gauge distance off my watch, but since I didn't have my pace, it was tough. By the end of the course, I still had enough mojo in me for two sprints. One to catch up to one of our guys and shove him, and one to close it out under 40:00. So okay. Next run, five miles. Mike suggested the Nike's Run Hit Wonder. I'm in. Can't believe I went from despising running to loving it.

Posted by carolyn at May 27, 2005 09:14 AM

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