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| Eric saved the day by bringing my Uggs and snowboarding coat to the finish line. |
Oh, and I was super awesome while running the Mustache Dache last weekend. Eric actually ran that one with me. We happened upon some friends who were there [with beer] to show support for relatives of theirs who were also stache daching. Is there a better way to finish a 5k? Rhetorical question/ of course not.
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| Stay Classy Seattle. |
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| Eric looks like he's running from filming a porn. I am obviously disgusted by this. |
Okay, so here are the good things about the Seattle half:
1.) I can run! (remember when all I used to blog about was how much I hated not running?)
2.) It was not pouring down rain. In fact, it was eerily foggy, which made me feel like I was about
to get murdered. I mean seriously. The hills on this course were killing me.
3.) Running Buddies!
4.) New, amazeballs running tights from the hundred dollar store
5.) It only took about 5 minutes to get to the start line- as opposed to the hour it takes for some
*ahem- Seattle Rock n Roll.
6.) Negative split (ignore this if you're not into running.)
7.) Random people cheering for runners makes me like people. (No small feat since I normally
have very little faith in humanity.)
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| Classic running buddy shot from the Mustache Dache- 'cause I don't have any from today |
Not the best things about the Seattle half:
1.) hills
2.) hills
3.) I sort of hate my time a little bit
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| Kittles hates my time too. |
I know! I ran 13.1 miles before 10am. I should be happy I can run, and I am. I was feeling mildly sorry for myself because it is actually the slowest half marathon I have ever run. Then I remembered, I might have had a bunch of Japanese beer last night. Might have celebrated two Thanksgivings this week. Might have skipped a lot of Monday night training runs. Might have had a giant Cherry Coke and popcorn at the movie theater last night...
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| The cake I partook in during "Fakesgiving" AKA: the second Thanksgiving meal I had this week.) |
It's kind of like that saying, "You get what you pay for." It's also kind of like when one of the surgeons I work with tells his patients, "Now if you don't go to physical therapy, and if you don't do the exercises, you can't come to me and say your back still hurts."
If you eat like crap, and don't do all your training runs, don't complain to me about missing your PR.
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| There might have been some Ben and Jerry's involved as well... |
Truth be told, this is one of the most fun races I have ever run. It was a gorgeous course, and I had good company. I definitely enjoyed the last three miles at my own pace.
Life lesson #23: Go at your own pace, and be happy when a hot guy shows up at the finish line with your Uggs.
