The 5K Run

Jamie's work sponsered a 5K run for fun this weekend which she helped host. You were allowed to run it with your dogs so I got up, pulled the dogs out of bed and headed over for the 9:00AM start. The dogs were reluctant to exit the bed at first but happily joined me once they realized the destination involved a run of sorts. They can tell that by the shoes I put on.

The good news is the run. It was fun, the dogs behaved and we had a great time. I finished 23rd overall with a time of 23:40 and we finished 3rd in the people running with dogs category. A great finish considering we started at the very back of the pack and it took over 30 seconds just to hit the starting line once the race began.

The bad side is the finish. Mira loves to sprint at the end of a long run. So for the last few hundred feet I picked up the pace and we were at full speed when we hit the finish line where Jamie was waiting.

And therein lies the problem. Jamie chose to stand next to the finish line (5 yards to the left) instead of 5 yards past the finish line. As I hit the finish line, I saw Mira dart for her out of the corner of my eye.

Given that it's raining, I'm tired from the run, have another dog in my other hand and I'm off balance from stopping my stride; my mind resigned itself to the fall it knew was coming. I hit the ground in spectacular fashion at which point Mira's leash hit it's limit and between our combined weight holding the ends of the leash taut, we managed to destroy the left side of the finish line stand.

Spectucular. The race was great though and all of Jamie's coworkers know me now