Characters: Kasha & Kiwi
Event: The Bootlegger Half
Dawsonville, Ga is north of Atlanta and the sight of our June race. Kiwi and I headed to "the racing capital of Georgia" on Friday night with the intention of making this a quick run and return to Savannah. Packet pick up was at the Racing Hall of Fame, aka City Hall.
I love multitasking... even in buildings |
Check out those trophies! |
From Savannah to pack pick up and then to Mel & Rob's place was over 9 hours. But that's okay! I was ready to run and Kiwi was determined to hang out at "base camp."
....yeah. I didn't know we had a base camp either. But a certain little iphone set himself up for the day here:
Yes. Kiwi Taper spent the morning talking distillery tactics and still cleaning methods with a bunch of somewhat-toothless men who were pretty upset that he had to leave at 10 in the morning. I think they were just getting going. I was only able to get him in the car because he was that far gone by then.
A Kiwi-sized site. |
Kiwi stole this. I haven't seen it since. |
All finished! |
We left Dawsonville and headed South. I ached and tried to make it south of Atlanta before stopping. I'd changed clothes in the parking lot, but the crystallized salt and miles of driving & running wore me down. I knew I needed to stop, so I headed for Lyons & my parents' farm. I pulled up and unlocked the little house to take out my contacts and pass out on the couch. I slept in the heat for an hour before getting up to make it the rest of the way home. (Another 2 hours.)
So then this happened:
At races, future event notices are often left on cars. I found one for I Race Against Diabetes. Another virtual! You could choose your distance, 5, 10, half; and run the weekend of June 21. That Friday I set out to do a treadmill half at the gym. I made it to 8.5 and needed to leave. Things were going on and I needed to get out of the way. So I showered and went to sleep, getting up the next day to run the additional 4.6 miles for a combined time of 2:15:43. When I got back, this was waiting for me!:
Yeah medal! I love medals. |
...don't tell him we're going to Roswell in August. The excitement may just be too much.
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