Hair of the Dog 5K — East Windsor, NJ

May 18th, 2008 Posted in Running Races

The Hair of the Dog 5K was this morning at the Silver Decoy Winery in East Windsor, New Jersey. It was a short drive from our house. To be honest, I didn’t realize that there was a winery so close until I heard about the 5K. The race benefited local animal rescues. There was a great turnout for the inaugural event.

The dogs were well behaved (they even added accompaniment to the national anthem). I didn’t mind the pack of runners during the first mile or the slower pace. I almost fell flat on my face around mile 1 when a dog ran up behind and got caught in my legs, though it wasn’t the dog’s fault.

I ran into our friend John before the race. I also ran into someone from the Twin Rivers group. John helped pull me along during the race. The race ended on Broadway–the grass road in the heart of the vineyard. I’ve never finished a race like that before. I was hoping for 23 or 24 minutes which is what I did. We had good weather–60s and mostly sunny. It has rained the rest of the day. I’m glad that we got it in this morning.

Kudos to Redhead fangirl for taking photos. I’m glad that she was there to cheer the runners on. Here are the race results

 

  1. 4 Responses to “Hair of the Dog 5K — East Windsor, NJ”

  2. By Flyers26 on May 18, 2008

    Wish I could have done it.
    Damn Phillies game was a rainy mess!

     

     

  3. By darrell on May 19, 2008

    Looks like a cross country race. Glad the weather held out for you.

     

     

  4. By Ted on May 19, 2008

    What? A winery in East Windsor ? Never knew that! It is probably a radioactive drink since the area is so polluted from the refineries. Just kidding. Great pixs !!!

     

     

  5. By Ann Bishop on May 19, 2008

    Apparently I was right behind you at the start (not at the finish line though) ;-)
    Thanks for the comment on my blog. I can sell you my glass for a good price if you like hahaha.

     

     

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