Colorful Stuff

This morning I blew my nose and it came out purple.

On Saturday I ran (jog/walked) my first 5k with Bran.  She had agreed to do my first 5k with me.  I'll admit I was pretty nervous.  I went into this hungover knowing I couldn't run 3 miles and feeling like a million hundred dollars.  It was in DC and crowded as all hell.

There was a decent amount of waiting around and we ended up getting sent out with the second wave of people.  Oh, it wasn't timed, and I didn't time it, oops.  We jogged the first mile or so, did a little walking, jogged some more and walked some more annnd before I knew it, it was over.  We did see my (soon to be) sis in law and finished right around the same time as her, made for some nice photo ops with the bro, for momma.

My thoughts on the race:
• I wish I would've run more of it.
• I felt like a bitch getting passed by little kids.  One kid would run a few steps, then jump, then repeat.  I'm pretty sure he finished before me.
• I'd like to find the dye powder throwing motherfucker that hit me in the mouth with green.  My teeth and gums were green for a good few hours.  Also, judging my the pictures, it appears as though I may have been nailed square in the forehead with some pink.  Bastards.  I wish I could've gone all Farva and said, "It's powdered sugar, it's delicious."

Will I run another 5k?  Probably.  Am I gonna stop running on the deathmill to try and do better?  Absolutely not.  This morning I beat my 20 minute record and ran for 25 minutes straight after a 5 minute warmup walk.  I was pretty pumped.  Makes such a big difference to be thinking about what someone said to you when you consider quitting.  Pretty amazing how your mind can tell your body to just keep going.  This morning when I finished, I actually DID feel like a million dollars and it was such a great sense of accomplishment!

The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back.  We took our dogs to a sweet swimming spot and got attacked by flies while they swam their little hearts out.  They're so damn adorable.

Dammit, guess I have to start looking for another 5k to run.  Anyone know of any in the MD area or done any particularly fun ones?