IU Mini Marathon - A Day After

Arrived on the Bloomington campus before daylight. I was a bit nervous as it took a while to get my scoring chip laced to my right shoe & my running bib on straight. Stepping out of the field house, daylight was just breaking. Headed down to the starting line a did some easy warm ups and stretching. I milled around the crowd hoping to spot Sue and Charity, running friends who have started this new passion about the same time as I did. With 5 minutes to go I found them and we took off on the 13.1 mile course together. Mile 1 was a slow one, as we were all bunched together. That was probably for the best, as it harnessed my adrenaline and kept me from starting out too quickly. About a quarter mile out I lost contact with Sue & Charity