Tomorrow is the annual Vulcan Run here in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a very popular 10K race in the downtown area that has been going on since 1975. Since I am tapering for a marathon next weekend and I haven't been doing any speed work lately, I am probably not going to race. As always it did cross my mind. I use to do it every year back in the day and even won some hardware.
As you can see it has been a long time since I've done this race! Where did the years go?
My favorite awards are the little, miniature Vulcan statue ones. Cute! I wonder if they still give them out to the age group winners?
Here's the real 56 foot tall Vulcan statue that sits atop Red Mountain and looks over downtown Birmingham. It is the largest cast iron statue in the world and a favorite place to go on field trips when I was in first grade. He is a the Roman God of iron and forge and a symbol of Birmingham.
Even our local triathlon club is called Vulcan Triathletes, named after you know who.
A few years ago I bought this Christmas ornament from the gift shop at Vulcan park. It hasn't been on a Christmas tree yet because I hung it on the window and forget about it every year. Maybe this year it will make it to the Christmas tree.
One race I have always wanted to do, but haven't been able to get into is the New York marathon. I hear they canceled it this year due to Hurricane Sandy. I think that was the right thing to do especially since the start of the race is in hard hit Staten Island. I just couldn't imagine running a marathon while there is still all that devastation in the area. So sad!
