Race Recap: Medina's Race with Grace 5k

This week I got to indulge in Panera bagels TWICE: On Saturday I ate a French toast bagel (new to me--yummy) because I did a long run, and on Sunday I ate a blueberry bagel because I ran in the Race with Grace 5k.

Saturday was the Towpath Turtles’ practice relay race for the Akron Marathon. This is where we support our Turtles Relay Team by running their legs of the race with them. I chose Leg #3, which is 7.5 miles. Our rock star relay runner was Erin, and this was her longest run to date. She was fabulous! We had a fun run in the sun, and Erin smiled the whole time. She is going to have a great race on Saturday, September 27.

Bagel #2 (blueberry) was preparation for the Race with Grace, a 5k that provides financial support to those with breast cancer. My friend Sharon, a Spanish teacher at our high school, organized a huge team of runners (over 50!) to race in the name of Brenda, a mother of one of our English teachers and a breast cancer survivor. Sharon did a fabulous job of organizing Team Brenda, from nagging us for our entry fees to getting us team shirts and herding us (like cats) to a team photo. I got a few photos of our team before the official group pic:

I tried to stir up some smack talk (and a possible betting opportunity) by attempting to pit two teachers against each other for the win. Jordan (the chemistry teacher, and just a damn kid, by the way) predicted he would win the race in 16:30. Ed (the math teacher) said he didn’t feel like training to win (as he had just run in the 2014 Gay Games), so I felt rather deflated. I’ve got a year to get this rivalry going.

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