The Human Race

Last night i was proud to participate in the largest running event in history, Nike's Human race. In 25 cities around the world, organized 10k races were run. In addition, anyone with a Nike Plus, could run and download their run to the event. 3,047,578 miles were logged as part of the race. I am not used to evening running and had a family bbq planned, but couldn't miss the event (The James was a sponsor). The course was the same as the Soldier field 10 mile, but 3.8 miles shorter. Beautiful run south on Lakeshore Drive the across to the running path along the lake back to Soldier field. The spectacle was remarkable as all runners were in the same shirts. Nike actually imprinted the bib's onto the shirts, so it was a sea of red heading south on LSD. Cool. The best part was near the turn where you saw a sea of red in front of you and a sea of red coming back at you. 14,000 runners in Chicago (the largest organized race in the states) and 491,545 runner world wide. Amazing. Race finished with Fall Out Boy concert at Soldier field. The run was hard, but I set a Personal best for a 10k. I finished 157,429 in the world. Weird to put it in that perspective, right? Check out nikeplus.com and look for the Human Race page to see all the result. Lance Armstrong ran in Austin.
Great event and just what I needed to prepare for 18 this Saturday.....It's going to be an exciting week concluding with a new personal best for distance.....need all positive energy available Sat AM. Please send it my way!