Scotland Run 10k

On a very very rainy Saturday about a week ago, Ivy came in from Boston and ran a 10k with me around Central Park—the same route I'll run twice on Sunday. (Sunday!)

We got up early-ish and ate our cereal and bananas, dressed in our warm running gear, and headed outside ... to rain. And 45* temperatures. And did I mention steady, cold rain? But we braved the elements and joined about 7,600 other runners for the Scotland Run.


Notice we're the ones without ponchos. They came in our race packages, and these two college-educated girls said, "nah, we won't need 'em." Ha. That's funny. We did have an umbrella, though ... but we ditched it before the start.

Too bad I don't have Ivy for the half marathon. It'll just be me and my iPod—and nearly 10,000 other women. Ten thousand!

But I'm feeling confident ... aside from some fairly awful stomach stitches during my runs yesterday and today. So long as they go away for Sunday (oh, please go away on Sunday!) I'll be ok. I'll finish. That's what matters.


Send me good race karma on Sunday, please!