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Title: Snow City Cafe 5K
Location: Anchorage, AK
Description: Snow City 5K is part of the Humpy’s Marathon and Skinny Raven Half Marathon event
Start Time: 09:30
Date: 2008-08-17

Way back before I ran myself into the ground, we made plans to run the half marathon events for the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon and Humpy’s Marathon in Anchorage. This gave us an opportunity to spend time with Cassi & Kane before the arrival of the new baby. When the time came, I was under doctors orders to not run, and not feeling too bad about it, either. Lack of running just meant more time to spend with family. This time around, I was feeling better, so we decided to sign up for the 5K.

There was a lot to love about this race. It started at 9:30 in the morning, so I didn’t have to roll out of bed in the middle of the night to get ready. The starting line was about 4 blocks from our hotel, so I didn’t really have to roll out of bed until 9:00 (but I did!). The race shirt was a really nice red & black short sleeved tech shirt. The weather was cool, but dry, with just a little wind. The course was nice, with a short tour of downtown Anchorage before we went out to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. The out and back course was pretty flat by western Washington standards. The only small problem was that someone removed the 5K turnaround marker, so we ended up running 3.5 miles instead of 5K. It helped take the sting out of my 37 minute finish time. Ouch, that is 10 minutes off my PR for a 5K. Recovery is going to be a long process.

Anchorage is starting to grow on me. I suspect it is because of my extreme addiction to the grandchildren. Oh my goodness, I just can’t get enough of them! This means that there will probably be fewer visits to other parts of the country in my future, as airfare to Anchorage is not cheap. Maybe next year we will run the half marathon!

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