21 Miler

On Saturday, we headed for our longest run yet; 21 miles. The weather was rainy and unusually mild for the late October morning. The forecast called for the day to be a wash-out, but this did not keep me from heading to Manayunk for our group run. I was a must for me to get this twenty miler in due to the Philly Marathon only being weeks away. I was determined to run an hour and a half out to get my first three hour run under my belt.

After mile 6, Marissa turned around to head back; she was sick the entire week and just felt weak. Another mile in, Lisa figured she would turn around and try to catch up with Marissa. After mile 9, Lindsey decided to turn back for Cadence. This only left Steve and myself for the long journey. Steve just kept laughing at me because of my will to run three hours. We had great conversation until about the 2:15 mark. We both focused in on our running and were probably too tired to talk.

As we finished the race and headed back to Cadence, I was rewarded not with a medal or a t-shirt but with a sealed envelope from the City of Philadelphia. It was a twenty-six dollar parking ticket (two hour limit). So lets get this straight:

Cost of signing up with Cadence to run - $350.00
Cost of paying the toll on the Expressway - .50 cents
Cost of paying the toll on the Ben Franklin Bridge - $4.00
Cost of parking on the streets of Manayunk - $1.00
Cost of your time expiring on the streets of Manayunk - $26.00
Cost of running 21 miles on a Saturday Morning - Painful but Priceless