! Favorite time to be in Detroit and favorite part to be in! Funny, when I lived in Dublin on St. Patrick's there were more American's than Irish parading down O'Connell Street but here on this day, there truly seems to be more Irish than Americans.
The parade was fantastic as usual. I can't recall what the knives were for but they were part of the parade immediately after the race.
Both the pontiff himself and the king of Oz made it to the race/parade day to celebrate St. Patrick's day.
Loved listening to the traditional Irish--Flowers of Forest after the race but hated my place and my time:

169 Laura Redman Royal Oak MI 1761 34 1815 48:24 12:06/M

Sad, just plain sad. This is slower than the first time I ran the Corktown four mile race. Well, I guess this lass cannot get away with almost no training for nearly two months and still place anywhere near respectable in a four mile race. Never was too good with the short distances anyway.

Okay, that said. How fun! Love running through downtown Detroit--especially Corktown. What a great way to see the city and seems to always be beautiful the Sunday morning before St. Patrick's! Lots of bagpipers and a cup of beer awaiting the runners at the finish--also a nice Corktown touch. Though, tis a wee bit dehydrating to gulp down a plastic cup of Miller rather than cold water immediately after pounding past the chip mat. A bunch of us TNT currents and alumni kept in contact via cell phone and found each other off and on at various Corktown staples: Gaelic league, Slow, Nemo's, etc. Capped the celebration off at Dougins. My friend Tracy and I after the race--she always dresses for the part.

But really must get back to true training as in more than once every two months running. It felt awesome to run again.