Grand Traverse

This was my second run a month later and it was MUCH faster. 1:25 faster!



Again faster than the first one, would have been nice to see even more improvement, but not this go. But was so happy to have run under 10-minute miles in my past 5k race. Hoping to be able to someday do this route in under 30 minutes.

This is my home. I’ve run all over this county. Most of my runs are on the tart trial at the base of East Bay, at the Civic Center, the Vasa Trail or along Boardman Lake. I’ve also run several seasons with the Traverse City Track Club. I’m confident this will be the first county that is complete. However, I would love to hear from you if you have a suggestion for a particular area that I haven’t run before. At some point, I’d like to run a full marathon and I could see the Bayshore Marathon being my first. I’ve run a few half marathons and Bayshore 1/2. I’ve also run the Bayshore 10k multiple times. Back in 2005, I began my running by signing up for a couch to 5k class lead by Lisa Taylor, the High School’s Track and Cross Country coach. I was shocked that I took to it. Once finished with my C25k I immediately ran a 10k. It was difficult by totally doable and I was shocked that I was able to run the whole thing. I’ve run a lot since then but I’ve gone back and forth between being in shape and needing to start from “almost” scratch several times.