| Aug. 23rd, 2008 @ 03:09 pm (no subject) |
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| So we completed our first 5K this morning. I completed mine (3.1 miles) in 37 minutes and 27 seconds, which comes out to 12.02 miles per minutes. I wanted to be in the 11 minute range, but Jess wanted me with her most of the time but I never stopped jogging, which was nice. The race itself was very scenic as I spent a good chunk of time on the bike path of the UB north campus (Rape free since 2006!!) Jess ran in 41 minutes and 4 seconds, which is good also, and I am very proud of her for doing this. There was an after party thing which they gave away medals for the top finishers in each of the age brackets (we didn't win anything, considering I came in 117th and she came in 125th lol) and then they did door prizes. We actually did win a door prize, a 30 dollar gift certificate to something called road ID which is stuff to ID yourself in case you get hit running or something. We had a very good time, they had donuts and lunch afterwords and I grabbed a bunch of "soy joy" bars on the way out because, well, they were free, lol. Another funny thing is that I needed to use the bathroom prior to the place, and went into the Ramada hotel the race was at, and the women very curtly told me there was a bathroom for the racers out back. So we went out back and they had a trailer for the bathrooms and I am thinking, "oh great, a glorified port-a-potty." I went in, and this thing put our bathroom to shame. It was freakin glamorous. They had urinals, a wooden door for the toilet stall, a full working sink, music playing, artwork in the walls, I was totally impressed. I was apprehensive, didn't know what to expect, but had a great time. I'm sure I'll be let down at the next one. Also, the vacation was good, despite the house we rented having some rather large character flaws (annoying connected bathroom, no curtains anywhere, which meant sun in my eyes at 630am, and long glares on the TV). We were able to do a lot of stuff, while still having a lot of downtime. We spent a day in Ithaca (the San Francisco of the northeast), checking out a reallly nice farmers market, some waterfalls, a really cool "treehouse," which is like a grown up playground in the woods, plus I had walked up to a deer in a field while we were there, and got within 6 feet of it, til Jessica came along ;p We also spent a day in Watkins Glen state park, and another out on a boat on Seneca Lake, which Jessica got a really bad sunburn. I also played a lot of my neglected Wii, which of course, I haven't touched since we got back. All in all it was a good time, but tough to compare to recent trips to Key West and Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. The distance was nice though, a little over 2 hours away. |
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