Run Rant #19

First 5K! Pretty excited about it.

Good one!: Driving into town and showing up on time.
Bad one!: I stayed up ’till 1 and drank most of a bottle of wine. 5 hours of sleep. Fail.

Good one!: Starting the race at a semi-warmed up pace.

Bad one!: Dropping your iPod within the first thirty seconds of the race.

Good one!: Having an inspiring pace of really awesome people around you.

Good one!: Following this super inspiring old dude with “I beat cancer! Never give up!” on his homemade shirt. Huffin’ it with braces on each knee and a sweatband. Dude was completely awesome. I bet he’s a veteran. I bet that guy’s seen the whole world. Look how happy he is to be here!

Bad one!: Lost him at the end of the first mile.

Good one!: Catching up and passing inspiring old dude.

Bad one!: Passed him because he stopped to take a picture of runners and American flags.

Good one!: When he passed me, he said something to me!

Bad one!: Had new sound-deafening earbuds in to match my outfit and didn’t hear him. Damn that! I bet he told me the meaning of life!

Good one!: I look really cute in pink and black from head to toe. And running for the first time with my Aggie ring.

Bad one!: Stopping during mile 2 to readjust pinned number because zipped up top is now too much. Thank God I could use the neck/hoodie ties to tie it around my waist.

Good one!: Microfiber socks. Holy crap.

Good one!: Guy at second water stop is an Aggie, I compliment him on his ring.
Bad one!: Guy doesn’t hear me.

Good one!: Talking to people at conversational pace during 5K.

Side note: This chick is my barefoot hero.

Good one!: Seeing the finish line.

Bad one!: Never saw the Mile 2 sign. (Mer: Why do they put mile signs on a kilometer race?! Carissa: Because we’re in America – would you even know what 1K meant? Mer: Yeah it’d mean I was 1/5th of the way done! Carissa: Well welcome to Europe!)

Good one!: Running a long distance in a new place with beautiful blooming trees in a regular neighborhood.

Bad one!: Neighborhood is in Lockhart and had to run around one or more 16′ stock trailers that had been… used… recently for livestock.

Good one!: Made me run faster.

Good one!: Watching the guy I’ve been running behind the entire time stop at the finish line and hilariously crawl across it.

Good one!: Crossing the finish line.

Bad one!: Almost ran over the guy who was there waiting to cut my runner’s chip off.

Good one!: Looking at my average mile pace. And it’s an entire minute faster than what I usually run.

Greatest one!: The feeling afterwards of how positive the crowd is. WHERE is this in our everyday lives?

Good one: Watching the Season 4 Premiere episode of “The Office” (The 5K episode) and laughing with Carissa at it. And looking forward to BBQ.

Yup, definitely gonna look at doing a half marathon in the fall.