We weren't going to run today, since our training for the 1/2 was over, but there was a free fun run on base, and we just couldn't resist.
It was colder than I'd planned, but warmed up quickly running the first mile almost all downhill. Then it kind of plateaus, then uphill. I told MR I wasn't going to race, but geez, I just the fever!
When we were nearing the 1/2 way point, I started counting females that were ahead of me. I counted 9, so I would have been #10, but as we turned the 1/2 way point, some pony-tailed vixen passed me up and made me #11. Aaarrrggghhh! Well, I worked hard the second half of the race (I even left MR behind) because I wanted to be in the top 10. I managed to get #10 about half way up the hill, and then on the last stretch of the track heading into the finish line, I got #9. Woo-hoo!!
They had lots of free SWAG there. Got some t-shirts, pens, chick-fil-a mini sandwiches, water, food snacks, etc. We stuck around for the raffle drawing, and I was getting really cold. We had another 1/2 hour to wait so we went back to the car and I got the awesome fuzzy stinky blanket RAD gave me for Christmas to wrap around myself and keep me warm. Thank you for saving the day RAD!!
We didn't win anything on the raffle drawing (I wish lucky Burt was there to help me win- he always wins stuff), so we left to do our trail hike.
We did 4 miles on the trail with ruck sacks. I made sure mine wasn't too heavy, but MR was dragging along his 60 lbs trying to be a hot shot. My allergies started going crazy and I turned into a hot snot. I had to use the little towel they gave away at the race to keep wiping my nose and eyes with. My legs really felt that hike. 4 miles was enough for me.
It was a good day. Cherry trees are in blossom and there are pink blooms coming up everywhere. The forsythia are all blooming too. I'm soooo glad spring is here :-) | 