When you are doing a race, it is always a good idea to know a little about the course. It would have been especially nice to know the course today at the One Lucky Buckeye 8-mile race.

Because there are only about 700 women in this race – and one man – the participants can get really spread out. After making a turn between mile 4 and 5, we saw an arrow we thought was pointing left, so Pat and I turned left at the next corner. It didn’t seem right, but we didn’t see any other participants and kept going. When we got to the end of the block, we discovered we were not supposed to take that turn and went back, adding about 0.7 of a mile to our race.

We maintained a good pace. Our slowest mile was 14:07 when we were lost, and our fastest pace was 12:10 in the last mile. I’m happy with that!

Overall, this was a good race. I love the fact that it was a race for women that raises awareness of women’s heart disease! It was a nice course, there was plenty of water, and Karl did a great job announcing, welcoming each participant as she crossed the finish line. In addition, the shirts and medals are great. There wasn’t much food at the end, but nothing is perfect.

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