Alicia and her husband got to the apartment around 7 this morning. We had some boiled eggs (very thoroughly cooked, lol Alicia) and a whole wheat English muffin with a lil' peanut butter on it. I only did half a muffin so I could get in a little 'nanner too. Love me some banana! After we warmed up our trash talking and layered on about 10 more lbs of clothing, we set off for Conroe.
The run was held in a sports complex park so the trail was part cement, part gravel-y stuff, part mud, part play-doh. (Or at least what I called play-doh: gooey, thick mud in already thick grass) The atmosphere was bumpin', mostly because we looked like a scene out of "March of the Penguins" all huddled together trying to soak in the body heat. Luc
kily, I had made little goody bags for our big day so Alicia and I hoarded the hand warmers to help keep the feeling in our fingers. Being a Remission Run, there were tons of survivors and those running in honor/memory of loved ones with myriad types of cancers. I took a picture of Chris' name so I could embarrass him, like I do best. :) We tied on our timing chips and got ready for opening ceremony!I wanted to post a picture of "The Naked Russian" here, but I couldn't figure out a way to take his picture without him noticing. This polar bear of a man decided he was going to wear shorts (I'm being generous with that term), and a little t-shirt. It wasn't necessarily his lack of clothing that surprised me, it was the whole picture. You'll just have to make up a mental image and run with it. Another crazy runner came dressed in a can-can girl costume and tights. This "woman of a mature age" decided to put the handwarmers in her chest crack to keep the girls warm. She also made for some entertainment while we waited for the horn to sound. :)
Once off, we let the guys do their own thing while Alicia and I stayed together. We finished at about 31:28, I think. Not too sure of the seconds, but it was something like that. I'll double check once the
y post the times on the website. This was actually a great time for me since that's hitting right at the 10:30 pace I've been trying to keep. I never really felt tired during the race and ended strong. If it weren't for that dang wind, I think I would have been able to call it a perfect run!Here are a few pictures. I have always, and will always, look ridiculous in a beanie. I just didn't have a choice in our 34 degree weather. Ignore me looking funk-ti-fied. Focus on the awesomeness. :)
Love y'all!
I think this may have been faster than the GLOW 5K, which would make it your new PR(personal record), right?
ReplyDeleteSo awesome that you had my name put on that sign though. I showed this to a friend, then had to explain to them the difference between running "in honor of" someone, and running "in memory of" them, lol.
Like I said in my text, you are the MOST awesome-est!!! Way to put your goals out there and work to achieve them, even if it meant having to suffer through "fat ball-itis." Hopefully you had a great time celebrating afterwards! Keep on runnin', woman!!
ReplyDelete(And yes, you deserve all those exclamation points!!!)
And by the way, you look cute in the beanie. I mean, really, when do you NOT look cute?? (Right, folks? Julie=cute always!)
ReplyDeleteChris, I do believe you are right? How on earth did you run beside me at GLOW? I'm pretty sure that was hardly more than a fast walk since I had all of like a 2 days notice (punk rocker). But that's pretty exciting-- a PR! I completely "lol'd" and what you had to explain to your friend. Not because he didn't know, but because I can just picture what you said: "Well, you see, if I was dead... well, that's 'in memory of,' but I'm not. So yeahhh..." Hahaha! I can literally hear it in my head!
ReplyDeleteSis- LOVE you! You're pretty much the best cheerleader anyone could ask for. Even if you somehow think nothing but fat cheeks and "fat" eyes, as Jake calls them, under a beanie is cute. That's why you're awesome! :D
We are soooooo proud of you. I'm glad you made it, and that you had friends and a purpose to finish the run. When you run the next run(10k) this one will seem like a day at the mall. Thinking about you all the time, keep taking care of yourself in this unpredictable weather.
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