Happy October everyone! Man I can't believe it's already October, I feel like September didn't exist after the first week and a half of the month. September flew by in the blink of an eye between Labor Day weekend, my cousin's bridal shower back home and attending the beta testing of our new internal audit program for work conducted in New Jersey. Biggest highlight of September was definitely ending the month by running in the Stephen Siller Tunnels to Towers 5k. 
After waking up before the sun even came up to get picked up and meet at Tom's on Roosevelt Island to get our bibs, shirts and meet the rest of the bunch, we headed down to Pier 11 near Wall Street to grab the NY Water Taxi over to Ikea in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was such a gorgeous morning that I didn't mind having to wake up super early. Once we landed at the Ikea in Brooklyn, we met up with our remaining friends and headed to the start line. 
Anticipating the start of the race, we waited around while they sang the National Anthem, cheered on the wounded soldiers as they started the race and heard many other supporting events going on. Finally we slowly started moving towards the actual start line which we ended up at around 9:50am after passing the Fire House of Stephen Siller on our way. As my friends had informed me, the portion outside before the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel was the shortest portion of the race. Turned one corner and by the next we were running into the tunnel. The tunnel was the majority of the course, being about 2 miles long. I had no clue how the tunnel portion would turn out as there were so many people that I knew it would be tough to run consistently. My friend Beth and I were each other's running partners/support team as she was on her 1st 5k and I was only on my 2nd.
Once we reached the end of the tunnel there were so many firefighters, police officers and other groups standing on the sides cheering us on to the finish line that ended up near the base of the World Trade Center site. Feeling a bit emotional and beyond exhausted from running and my asthma/allergies completely kicking in and wiping me out, I was ready for brunch and to watch football the rest of the day.
Thank you sister! And yay for 5K #2! We should find a 5K when we're home for Christmas! :)
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