We drove down Friday afternoon and went to the race check in. Cam and Kiara picked up their swag bags, bib numbers, and timing chips and Sam and I discovered the beauty that is the Clif Bar booth. This was my favorite place. I probably had 2 full clif bars if you combined all the samples I had. Consensus: Blueberry Crisp was my all time fave, followed closely by the Crunchy Macadamia Nut bar. Strike that, reverse it. Ah! Actually I just don't know. They are SO good! I have since checked every store we've gone into for both single bars and/or boxes of these flavors and I can't find them anywhere. Perhaps online it is. Amazon, perhaps? (free gift cards?)
Anyhow, the Calls really represented.
[caption id="attachment_1433" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Cam's the really cute, tall one in the white."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1434" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Almost at the finish! "]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1435" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="woot! :) "]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1436" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Post race, with running buddy cousin, Nicole"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1437" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="enjoying the "best recovery drink ever" He swears by it. And the race provided it, so it must be at least partly true. "]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1438" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="4089 is my man! (They got their bib numbers AT the race this time, so I didn't have time to make a t-shirt.)"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1439" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Sweat lines. He's a hard workin' man! :) And I love that he always brings another shirt to wear so I can hug him without squelching after the race."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1443" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Kiara (blue shorts) and cousin Lyndee headed for the finish!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1441" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The runners :) "]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1442" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="For your viewing pleasure: Kiara and Sam"]
[/caption]I'm 100% blown away by the people who run races like this. I'm currently "training" for a 5k. That's all I've got in me right now, lol. And actually I blew off my workout on Tuesday, so I don't exactly know what to think. (I've only been "training" for a week.) The dedication and motivation it takes to finish a race like this is incredible. Love you babe! And way to go all you other runners who I'm somehow connected to!
And major perk of the post-race hoopla at the finish line, the Clif bar booth was up and running and full of samples. :) Gotta love that macadamia nut crunch, erm, blueberry crisp, uhh. Just buy them both!
What a small world. My parents, sister and niecce and nephew were there in Moab for my dad to run the race. I looked for them in your pictures lol. They drove up from new mexico.
ReplyDelete6 months ago i sounded just like you. i was always in awe of people who ran races like that. then one day i decided, "go big or go home, katie." i hated training for my half for the first 3 months. SERIOUSLY HATED IT. but i made myself keep doing it. and once my lungs got in shape, it wasn't so hard. and then all i had to do was run a little bit more every week. it was like tricking my body into thinking it wasn't running that much further if i only had to run one additional mile every 2 weeks. i'm rambling. but really, a training schedule and a running buddy are the only things that made me not quit. it's great to have a schedule tell me when i'm allowed to run shorter distances and have days off. it eliminates the guilt. k i'm done now...really
ReplyDeletesuweet! love the pics! they are all awesome!
ReplyDeleteHA! I totally drove through Moab during the race and wondered to myself if you guys were there! I even looked to see if the runners we passed looked familiar from your blog! We saw a number of runners but couldn't spot your C from the moving car! Congrats!
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