Fortunately for us, the weather, like the Dude,
abided.** Cloudy and warm, Kevin and I
had a simple goal of getting into (or for Kevin, maintaining his status in) the
2 Hour Club. The 2HC gets you a few nice
perks including preferred seating, a different color bib, 2HC only gear check
and restrooms. The huge ego I’d get from
making it in the 2HC would be solely provided by me.
Or plan was to sit on the 7min pacers for as long as possible. And, considering that, since the Lansing Marathon I’ve run exactly three times, this was a reasonable goal. Sure, I think racing a 5K, pacing a few wonderful people in a sub 2 hour half marathon, and a 4M run with the Redhead is adequate practice to make the 2HC.
Unfortunately, I lost Kevin early in the race. I had to make a slight wardrobe adjustment at
the start, and never really caught up to him.
I was pretty sure I had him in sight, but when I thought I had caught
up, it wasn’t him. Wrong tall white guy
in a blue shirt. Regardless, the crowd
support was great and I hung with the 7min pacers for the first half of the
race. Then I eased it back a bit and
enjoyed the run.
I have to say, for the price, this 25K is way better than a
half. Cheaper, longer, extremely well
organized, pace groups, and lots of quality runners.
Now, for the next big thing…
* Yep, this again.***
** As part of my movie education of the Redhead, I made her
watch this wonderful movie.
*** I don't get it, how in the eff did
Nitmos get all the credit in the word for using asterisks; like he invented
them or something. I'd use footnotes if Blogger would let me.
6 comments:
Your lady hadn't see "The Big Lebowski?" Just for that you should talk up a hideously awful movie as a classic and force her to watch it least twice, like Hollywood High II or The Whoopee Boys.
I hope you train better for the next big thing than you did this race...
Also, Flat Bart is sad you left him at the start.
Are there happy endings in the 2HC? Those are the only kids of "clubs" I enter...
As for the asterisks, of course I invented them and all I have to say is, "Shut the f*ck up, Donny."
I love The Big Lebowski! I'm glad you enlightened Red!!
"I think you're a nice modern gentelman."
Please tell me that the Red Head has seen Red Dawn . . . Wolverines!
Be careful what you force your woman to watch, as she will turn around and make you watch something like "Pride and Prejudice." What goes around comes around. Cheers!
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