Collecting a Few BAA Medals

Today was the First BAA 10k.  The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) is the same group that puts on the Boston Marathon and they also have a 5K and a 1/2 marathon.  This year they added a 10K to the list.  It was a great race that started on Charles Street in the Boston Common and goes up to Babcock Street on Comm Ave and then back to the Common.  Since it was the first one, they invited the Boston Marathon winners from this year to participate.  Geoffrey Mutai who won the Boston marathon this year and the race today, did it in a very speedy 27:19.  Yep, that's right....6.2 miles in under a 1/2 hour.  He did the first mile in some ridiculous speed in the 4 minute range.  Since it was an up and back course, we saw the leaders on their way back before we had even reached the 2 mile mark. 

My finish time was a 1:04:50 (10:26 pace).  I was definitely happy with that.  I was hoping to run faster than 11 minute miles and I managed to do that.  And this gives me a goal to try and beat an hour next year!  It was fun to have Linsey and Kara running the race today too! 

Here are the BAA medals from a few races (1/2 marathon from 2006, 5K from 2010, 5K from 2011, and the 10K from today).

Lisa