Nike Human Race - Los Angeles

I ran the Nike Human Race in Los Angeles on August 31st. I ran this race mainly for pleasure with several of my friends. One of my favorite parts about being a runner is sharing my love for running with others, and I'm happy to say that I've actually been pretty successful at sharing my passion and integrating running into others' lives. I can't count on my two hands the number of people I've encouraged to run or walk their first 5k and/or 10k :)

Needless to say, the crowd of 12,000+ people really did not make it easy to run a PR. I pretty much expected to run with my friends and not worry about my time. Ha! After 1-2 miles of dodging people, I got sick of it and decided to step it up and see if I could finish with a decent time. I ended up finishing in 45 minutes, which I was happy about considering the circumstances.

All in all the race was tons of fun and the Kanye West concert afterwards was off the hook!



After the 10k and Kanye West Concert. It was a first 10k for my two girl friends in the center!

The male and female winners of the Nike Human Race (Los Angeles) were:

Christian Hesch - 30:31 - A fellow Cal Poly Alumni!
Grace Padilla - 36:45 - A member of The Janes. She's pretty much a stud: http://www.thejanes.net/Grace.htm