Training Log

7 pm - Gibson Guitar 5K in downtown Memphis.  I had never done this race before.  It benefits the St. Patrick Learning Center that works with inner-city kids.  The race is bigger than I would have imagined - 1400 runners.  It was a little difficult to achieve a fast time - I got there close to start time (it was a spontaneous decision to race), and was pretty far back at the start. It is not chip timed, so where you are in relation to the starting line factors into your final time.  The start was on Beale Street, and there was a lot of good music to be heard while running down Beale.  The route runs past the Civil Rights Museum then turns down Riverside Drive along the Mississippi River.  It was a warm, humid night, and the view was beautiful.  Then you turn back onto Beale and run up a steep hill, then turn the corner at the 3-mile mark back to the Gibson museum and guitar factory.  There was a nice post-race party on the roof of the Gibson.  Fun evening.  2nd in my age group, 23rd female overall, a little disappointed with my time.  Waiting for the "official" time to be posted., which is 24:27.