Just Keep Running: Brew Run

Saturday was the Brew Run, a 5.2 mile run in Brewster, the next town over from me. I have lived on the lower Cape since I was 8 years old (that would be approximately 22 years ago but not quite because I am still a few months away from the big 3-0) and have never run the Brew Run before! I’m shocked at myself! I guess I have never been much of a summer runner before. Most of my running usually occurs between January and April.

Back to my first Brew Run! It was so fun! We got there early and picked up our numbers!

I roped Glenn’s friend Danny, who recently re-found the joys of running, into running the race too! The race started at 4PM and it was still pretty hot then.

And we are off!! It was VERY crowded at the start and I felt like everyone was dragging. I held back for maybe a half mile and then I just couldn’t take it anymore! I had to start aggressively weaving. I passed the first mile marker and it said 10:45. Whoa way to slow….so I picked it up a little bit and weaved some more. They had water set up every mile and it was hot so I think I stopped at 3 of them, just for a quick sip. At one point in mile 4 I overheard a dad say to his son “We just have to go around the corner there and the rest is downhill.” Sounds great to me so I picked it up some more! Unfortunately, the downhill was not right around the corner but I tried to keep my pace up. Once I finally saw the finish line I ran as fast as I could and crossed in 44:22. Not too shabby! Here are some post race pics!