Kelly and I got up early, made it to the bus pickup early enough as
to not be on the last bus. I think the last three races I've been in I
have been on the last bus. But not Saturday. I love the honesty
(at least I've never come across dishonest runners) of runners. It
seems like runners have a level of kindness and honesty that isn't
always seen in other sports. Kelly hates to be cold, she had to think
long and hard about taking off her sweat pants before the race. She
finally caved and handed them over. I ran the bag to the drop off vans,
as I got to the van I realized I had my sweat shirt on and I would have
cried if I had to carry that during the race. So, I sat my stuff down
(drop bag, arm band with iPhone in it, and head phones)(Kelly was going
to wear the armband and use the iPhone for music, thats why it wasn't on
MY arm) I took my sweat shirt off and stuffed it in the bag, handed the
drop bag to the volunteer, and went back to find Kelly. About ten
minutes later, I was thinking, I need to get Kelly set up with the
music. OH NO, I left my phone on the ground by the drop off van. I
look across the sea of runners and the vans are gone. Panic sets in big
time. I run over to the area the vans were in and there on the ground
is my phone and headphones. PHEW! Nobody stepped on it, and nobody
took it. I was so thankful!!!!!!!!! Well, we were off. The gun
sounded while Kelly was in the POP, so we took our chip time getting out
of the gate. :-) I wish I could report a good run for me. But
it wasn't. I loved the course, I loved running with my sweetheart, and
the race was well organized. I just had a bad day. Last year about
this time Kelly and I ran almost this same route, we didn't know it that
day, but that is the day Kelly broke two bones in her foot, which she
is still having nerve pain a year later from., so I was intentionally
keeping the pace slow so that Kelly would not re-injure her foot. Kelly
finished strong, and it seems like we are well on the road to Kelly
getting her first marathon completed. Love running with my
sweetheart, hope to see some of you running friends out and about on Sat
long runs.
:-)
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