Liza and I after Westford 5k
Sunday May fourth, 2008 marked the official start of the 50 fives campaign. We ran the 9th Annual Westford Road Race in Westford, Massachusets. This race benefits the Westford Charitable Foundation, which supports a number of activities in the town of Westford, a sylvan suburban town about 30 miles northwest of Boston.
It had been raining all weekend, so we were readt for the fun of running in the rain. This race, unlike most that run in the early morning, was an afternoon race, starting at 2:20. Rain all morning, about an hour before race time, the rain stopped, and by race time there was even a little bit of sun.
We had never seen the course before. The first half-mile was flat. The next mile-straight downhill. Knowing the race was a loop, it was not long to figure out that there would be the comparable uphill return. And so it was, the last mile was pretty much uphill all the way. Glad to have the knowledge of 49 more races to keep me going up those rolling hills.
As is often the case, I finished somewhere in the middle of the pack. No surprise there. As you can see in the picture, though, Liza fared much better. The hardware in the photo, of course belongs to Liza, as she took second place among female runners.