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State #18: North Carolina

March 5, 2012 by MCM Mama 16 Comments

State #18: North Carolina

Last week the boys had Thursday and Friday off of school, so we headed down to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a little family vacation (more on the vacation part tomorrow.) I was able to find a race on Saturday, so I decided to knock off another state. Short story:  44:45 8K (30 seconds slower than my PR), approximately 18 out of 59, 5th woman, and 2nd in my age group. Long story: After two days of awesome weather, I woke in the wee hours of Saturday morning to pouring rain and strong winds.  Crap!  I don't mind running in a little rain, but steady downpour is not my thing.  Luckily, the race wasn't until noon.  As the morning wound towards noon, there appeared to be a break in the rain coming.  It was still windy, so I … [Read more...]

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Coffee with a side of rain

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