Aaron and I ran a 10k in Concord today, a benefit for the Louisa May Alcott Orchard House (the historical home of the Alcott's). The idea here was to improve our 10k time to get a better corral at the Disney World Half Marathon in January. We both wore our "I'm training for the Disney..." tech shirts. A few other runners noticed them and mentioned that they were running Disney as well. No one else was running the Goofy Challenge but one was signed up for the Dopey. We also ran into Dean from the Danvers 5K, who I see every Wednesday at the weekly event and for the follow-on beers. Dean started pretty quickly and we didn't see him the rest of the race.
The race featured some organizers in period costume and a pair of Minutemen firing muskets to start the race. Also the start line is at an elementary school so there are indoor bathrooms rather than port-a-johns. A nice touch. Pretty good free food pre-race as well. Tricia came and took pictures along the course. Here we are at the start line:
The course is relatively flat with a few rollers but no serious hills. It was in the 60's and a misty rain so it was pretty good running weather. Here we are midrace:
And crossing the finish line:
We ended up improving on the 57 min 10k from the North Andover 10k in July, but only by about a minute. It's all good, though, as a sub-hour 10k will give us a pretty decent Disney corral.
Next stop: Clarence DeMar Marathon on Sept. 27
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