Hill, Yeah

Running?

Yes please!

A 12k?

Oh, my!

7.2 miles?

Hill yeah, I do! 



Sound to Narrows 12k buddies!



June 9th, Sound to Narrows 12k.

A few friends and I decided to race it, as we've never run a 12k before.

This morning I woke up at 6:30 for this baby!

and

IT WAS FLIPPING FANTASTIC!

kickin' that asphalt

serenading each other

jumping through sprinklers

being encouraged by passerbys (being called a stallion?.. what?)

Ah.

T'was glorious.

It was my first race longer than a 5k and I was SO excited,

my favorite part might've been when they hand you water in little paper cups

and you get to feel all BA-runner status as you attempt to

refuel and end up pouring it all over yourself

and throwing it on the ground.

Each time I threw one down,

I had the urge to yell the SNL quote

"So, I threw it on the groundddd!!!!"

But,

besides that it was (mostly) normal!

I finished with a time of 1:15:25

better than I thought I would.

Then we rolled down a hill and ate some oranges.

And after it all,

I ended up with:

sore legs

a free tee-shirt

dos loaves of bread

hand sanatizer

gatorade

lots of raffle tickets

a cool Paul Bunion tattoo on my bicep

numerous free multicare items

and a smile.

:)

I have done it.

Time to cross it off my list and get a better time in the next one.