Chinese New Year Run

Helen at Chinese New Year Race

Today, Aisling and I did a 5K run in Chinatown in San Francisco. It was the annual Chinese New Year run. It's the year of the rat. We had to get up at an ungodly hour to get in to register before the 8 a.m. start. We registered, got our numbers and t-shirts, and were at the starting line on time, though. The t-shirts are very attractive. There were a lot of people, probably 3000 or so. It was really well organized, it got started on time, and the traffic control was great. The streets were open to cars on one side and runners on the other.

It was cold in San Francisco, the fog had not burned off, which is okay when you're running I guess. It's all on pavement, and there were a couple of hills. We tried the running some and then walking some to keep our pace where we wanted it. We both came in at about 32 minutes, which is a little slower than I'd like, but considering the hills and the crowd, which also slowed us down, so it wasn't bad. After the race, and some water and coffee, Aisling played at the Portsmouth Square playground for a while, and we were home before 10!