Well, Fran and I decided back at Leigh Mac's wedding that we needed to get in better shape. Jokingly, we said, "hey, let's do a 10k in atlanta." Now, I'm sure you all know this, but Fran nor I am a "runner" per se, so this was a huge deal for us!
So, Fran, Nancy Hicks, and I decided to run the shamrock-n-roll 10K. I went to the ATL last night for our pasta pump-up dinner, which was lovely, and saw more gay bars in a 3 mile radius that I ever thought possible. Who knew?! Fran had picked up my race bag for me yesterday afternoon and was miffed to find that I received running socks in mine and she didn't... so she stole my blue pair.
So, race number pinned on (with quilting safety pins because that's all Fran had... I'll be expecting my new quilt from her anyday now) we show up at our race this morning at 7:30, when we really could've shown up at 8:15 if we'd been race pros and knew the drill. Now, keep in mind that last night was daylight savings time, so really we had to wake up at 5:30 to the sound of Fran's weird i-phone alarm that sounds like a warning that a ship is sinking (maybe I've been watching too much "LOST".) Fran and I aren't really morning people, but luckily they handed out green beads at the race to be our lucky charms and wake us up. There were definitely mom's running with strollers who kicked our tails... embarassing. And a runner's dog decided to poop in the middle of the street right in front of me during the race (hilarious). But we both finished the race without stopping (and totally far from last place!) and are now official runners...maybe :). Thanks for the prayers!
There's talk of a furman reunion at a half-marathon in Greenville in October... think about it! It would be so fun for all of us to run it together! Look up the Spinx marathon and half marathon if you're interested.
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