Go Speed Runners, Go!

Well, our morning jaunt in the park is over. First of all, it is freaking cold at 8:00 in the morning. It wasn't even 40 degrees when we left. We had on pants, sweaters and gloves over our running clothes. Secondly, what kind of gay running gig doesn't let you listen to ipods? We're just supposed to enjoy the sound of nature? Might have been a good point to post on the event website as opposed to announcing it 1 minute before the start time once we've already strapped our music to ourselves and have no access to the drop-off station. Besides that, it was fun.
Chris ran with me the entire time. We came in at the 32 minute mark (for 3.2 miles). Pretty good considering I haven't run a 5K in almost 2 years and Chris hasn't run more than a mile in about 20 years. As soon as we got our timing chips cut off we'll peeled rubber out of there to the Golden Waffle.
Mmmm...poached eggs, dry sourdough toast, hash browns and waffle. And coffee. Lots of it.

Yesterday I'd mentioned that I won some sort of prize in my registration pack. I brought it with me this morning to the information booth and was given an envelope with a certificate for a free years worth of Knudsen's Recharge energy fruit drink. A years worth is apparently 10 cases (120 bottles). They had a whole bunch of them at the end of the race that you could drink. Chris grabbed an Orange one and it was pretty good. Unfortunately, since it's fruit juice it's a little too high in calories and sugars for me, but it's perfect for Chris. The lady at the info booth said you just call them and make arrangements for pick up which will probably be a couple times a year since they do have to pay attention to expiration dates. Pretty cool. The prize is definitely worth more than our registration fees combined.
I finally got a picture of the front yard in the spring. We have a winter and fall photo, but it's been raining for so long that we've been missing our spring photo. We have a big ornamental plum in the front yard that's big and pink and about three more in the back yard. It looks really pretty.
Now we're just resting up on the couch watching truck racing. We have Mama Mia on Netflix for later. Chris was soaking his tootsies and now we're both starting to feel the rigor mortis set in to our calves and thighs. The euphoria is over, it's all downhill from here!