Getting ready to go!
Hot and Sweaty and Finished
Jeff Arricale, Jen Arricale Colla, Bob Wilkes and I all ran the MAC (Maryland Athletic Club) 1/2 Marathon on the NCR (North Central Railroad) trail this morning. Yes, three out of the four of us pirate ran the 1/2 Marathon. It is a public course, we did not use the water stops (all two of them), and of course we did not take medals. It is a weird 1/2 Marathon to pay for considering it did not benefit a charity and is on a course that is always open to run.
There was a lot of talk about how slow everyone was going to run. Jen said “I should be at a 9.5 to 10 minute pace”. Bob said he would be running at about the same pace that Jen mentioned. I knew Jeff would be out in front of me, the last few runs we have done together he has been pulling away. I felt very comfortable that I should be in the 8′s. So as we headed out on the trail I was thinking the order would be Jeff, me, Jen, then Bob. I was wrong.
I am not sure who finished first between Jeff and Bob but, I do know who finished last with a time of 1:59:30. It was me! To add insult to injury on the way back in the Westy Jen confessed that she had downed an entire bottle of wine by herself last night, to which Jeff added “I had 1/2 a bottle of champagne”. I am not sure what Bob did the night before (he was in another car). I however drank plenty of water and went to bed early. I guess I need to re think my pre-race prep. I forgot to mention, Jen being from Arizona wanted to take pictures of the beautiful Maryland sites as she ran the 1/2. So, with her bottle of wine the night before, her stopping to take pictures, and oh yeah, she is older than me too, she still was able to out run me today. As an added gesture Jeff offered me a rootbeer when we got back to his house. He served it to me with ice in a pretty little pink princess cup purchased at Disney World. Thanks Jeff. It was still fun to get out there with everyone.
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