Nothing like a celebration of the High Holy Day!
This past weekend it was off to Marshfield, Massachusetts for the Marshfield St. Patrick’s Day 5K and a great morning of running was in store for all the runners who toed the starting line.
The Marshfield St. Patrick’s Day 5K is a fundraiser for the Marshfield Education Foundation and a contingent of more than 3,000 runners and walkers laced up to tackle the course right in the waterfront neighborhood of Marshfield. St. Patrick’s Day races just hit different (in a good way) and with a healthy contingent of Thirsty Irish Runners at the race that served as our March Grand Prix race there was good energy from the starting line all the way through the finish.
With a 5K race, 3000+ runners is a lot so you have to anticipate the course being relatively crowded. The first mile of the race had a bit of weaving and dodging mixed in for good measure but Mrs. Running Griffin and I decided to run together and held our own throughout the early stretch. Sure, if you were hoping for a PR and that is the only thing of importance, this race may not be the one for you. But if you’re looking for a nice course with a sea of smiling fellow runners celebrating St. Patrick’s Day then it definitely is one to check out!
Mrs. Running Griffin has been belting out some absolutely amazing times lately so we used this race as a bit of a push and stuck together throughout the course until about the last half-mile when she told me to leave the rest to her and to push myself to the finish. I finished up the race with a time of 27:34 good for 8:53/miles.
The Running Griffin 