but it isn't. I just enjoy repeating my weekend activities. Yes, another 10K. I'll do it till I get it right. Ok, no I won't. I'll do one on the 24th and then we'll call it a season.
Nina marched in the Riverton Days parade with her karate dojo. Allison and Kylie decided to march alongside and pass out free class passes. They all got free t-shirts, and because they are of the Browning blood, the free t-shirts were all that mattered. A freaking catastrophe unfortunate thing happened while we were waiting for the parade. Gwen came running over to me with an immediate request for an escort to the bathroom. As I was assisting her in the re-dress, my iPhone, which was stored in my bosom, took a dive into the smelly, dark, public toilet. There was about 5 seconds of frozen time. And evidently that is just enough time needed to make one's iPhone act all ADHD. I found some bleach water and a washcloth, thank goodness. It still works, but like I said, it's ADHD. It follows commands, MAYBE, after the 50th time you've told it to. And then, sometimes, not at all.
And if you think this was my ploy to creatively find a way to get the 3GS, you are wrong. I could find a much cleaner way to ruin my phone than tossing it into a public toilette, pre flush, thank you very much. Besides, as it stands now, I don't even qualify to buy a new iPhone at the discounted price.
Some girlfriends were talking on Facebook about running the Provo Freedom Fest 10K. I was feeling all sporty that day and signed up. Rory said she would go along, too. She's a big speed walker with foot problems that sometimes cramp her style. I figured she wasn't much of a threat, so I signed her up to have some company.
We show up to the race in the nick of time. Spot the girls, say hi, look around, notice nobody thats a serious runner wears Nike Shox. Rory and I of course, are wearing Nike Shox. I spot Steve Young 10 feet away. Dude looks like he missed his last 3 hair appointments. Which wouldn't be such a big deal because long curly-ish hair can be sexy, but not 5 minutes after one rolls out of bed, which clearly he did. I didn't bother to get any closer than I already was. I did, however, decide it would be cool to just run behind him. He was running alongside a buddy who was pushing a double jogger. About 3/4 of a mile into it, I had to let them go. That's about when I stepped on something lumpy, then I felt slobber on my ankle. It was a dog. SO SICK! This girl thought it would be cool to bring her dog to run with her in the race. Because doesn't everybody love and adore her dog as much as she does? How annoying. Pretty sure I didn't see the 'furry friends welcome' caption on the sign up page. Bleepin dog beat me in the race, too.
Then my sister, the one with the foot problems, the one who only walks, well she decides to RUN. And I end up following her for much of the race. I was waiting for the feet to flare up on her, but they didn't. Suck-a-duck, man. I about killed myself, but in the last stretch I made it just in time to cross the finish line with my sister, the liar walker.
My finish time was exactly the same as last weeks 10K! 72 minutes. I'm a consistent sonofagun. Rory's finish time was exactly one second BEFORE mine, but I think I know how that happened. Her, uh, big feet.
After the race, we had this briliant idea to walk around the parade route and check out some of the booths. So we walked down, pretty much the same path as the race, all along the parade route, to get to the booths. Had some free Dippin Dots from Natalie's 'friend', bought some hair clips, and called it a day. By the time we had walked back to the car we had WALKED THE 10K ROUTE ALL OVER AGAIN!
I now have chafing issues now in my rib cage.
Below is a picture of the two of us pre-race. Guess the sister who no longer has the gym/pool membership??
Hey Shrub! So great on the race!! Looks like someone has been to Lu Lu Lemon. I managed to pick up 3 pairs of cropped pants in different styles for me and 2 for Ren. Can't wait to hear if she loves them as much as I do!!!
Posted by: Cari Ham | July 05, 2009 at 10:08 PM
But you did it! You are awesome! :-)
Posted by: wendy | July 06, 2009 at 07:07 PM
Good job! You have become a running fool!
Posted by: Kelli | July 07, 2009 at 10:52 AM
WOW! You're my hero! MAYBE Someday I'll do a 10k.
Posted by: Missy | July 07, 2009 at 02:21 PM
You got to do a half now! Your a pro at the 5k skip the 10k go for a half - then we can get a group together and run the wasatch back next year.
Posted by: Shellie | July 08, 2009 at 04:31 PM
just joined up in a group for the Wasatch Back 2010. I am more scared of the half marathon now than ever. But I will force myself to do it. Right now though, I have to buy some better running shoes. My Shox are rubbing my feet wrong and I have to be able to go farther than 6 miles without foot problems, shouldn't I?
baby steps.
Posted by: clistyb | July 08, 2009 at 04:36 PM