Traveling to Virginia and participating in the Monument Ave 10K run was quite the experience. The drive was a little under 5 hours to Richmond from New Jersey with no stops. I left at the crack of dawn so I could save money instead of getting a hotel room. At 10:30am the run started on Broad St and ended at Monroe Park; an entire 6.2 miles. The weather in the morning was a cool 68 with some clouds but it didn't stay that way. Before the race began everyone was getting ready to line up, some people had really great costumes and I found it entertaining. The timer started and we we're off, now to be running for over an hour, I didn't think I will make it past 3 minutes. Music playing on every block
... read more