So Valentines day is here and I thought the best start would be a early season 5K. I signed up for the Cupids Fling 5k last week which was this morning. I start my training next week for the Mini marathon and I need to know my "race" pace for some of my specific workouts. An early season effort is a good measuring stick to go by. Here is a run down of how today's race went.
6:30 A.M. Woke up with a dull headache and took some Ibuprofen. Got my gear on and gathered my things and headed out the door. Was greeted by a sharp blast of cold air and fresh snow on the car. Great!
7:10 A.M. Arrived at the hospital to see Amber for a quick Valentines hug and kiss. Switched cars and headed for the race course.
7:31 A.M. Arrived at the race course. Registration was supposed to open at 7. No one here yet. Sat in car and silently rocked out.
7:55 A.M. registration opens. Go and get my number and head back to the car. F*&% it's freezing out. Keep in mind we had a tornado 2 frigen days ago. And it was 65 degrees.
8:05 A.M. Attach chip to shoes and exit car (while it's still running) to get race belt out of the back hatch. Shut door. CLICK!?! all the doors lock. You have to be kidding me. I just locked the keys in the RUNNING car.
8:10 A.M. track down someone with a cell phone to call home and wake up Amber. Amber starts heading to the race to unlock the car.
8:17 Light bulb! We have on star. Track down cell phone guy and make second call to amber.
8:27 Come back from the bathroom to go wait by the car. Whats this!?! The car doors are unlocked. Sweet! On Star rocks. Wonder if we will be in a commercial.
8:35 Start warm up. Ironically the road I'm running my warm up on is named Prelude Ln.
8:53 finish warm up. Walk to start line.
9:00 A.M. Start race. It's cold. It's windy. I'm still frazzled from car incident. Huge hill at finish. Finish in 20:03. 28 out of 212 overall 6/9 age group. Not bad. First race since November.
Well that's it. Got amber some Diamond stud earrings and cooked a mean Valentines dinner. In true future Bramble fashion she got right to my heart by getting me Friday the 13th part 3 3-D DVD and Dead Space for PS3! Happy Valentines everyone. Peace.
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Dude, see the new Friday the 13th. It isn't a remake of the first film but a restart to the series. It is a new part two of sorts. So awesome moments like Jason getting the mask from Shelly never happened but never the less it was a great movie.
Street Fighter IV may push me over the edge to get a PS3.
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