A Marathon Day

It's BolderBoulder time again!!! We ran the BolderBoulder 10K this morning. We had a strange start, but everything ended great.

Scott, Rich, Cailey, and I left the house around 6:45a (our wave start was as 8:08a). We arrived at the CU parking structure at around 7:30a. We met up with Richie and Dan and then walked to the shuttle pick-up spot ~ about a 10 minute walk. The shuttle showed up just as we arrived at the pick-up spot and we thought we were in the clear...approx. 25 minutes to get to the starting line which was only about 6 miles away. Unfortunately, it took the shuttle 30+ minutes to get that far (grrrr...) However, all the timing for the marathon is done electronically ~ we wear a little electronic tag on our shoe and your time doesn't start until you run across the starting mat (the tags track each mile and they stop timing when you run across the finish mat). So, it didn't really matter that we missed the start to our wave, but it was still frustrating. By the time we got off the shuttle, Richie and I had to pee (we would have had plenty of time to go before the race, if the shuttle hadn't taken 30+ minutes!) Richie and I left the group to use some port-a-pots near-by. Unfortunately, we were turned away and told we couldn't use those. As we walked back to the group, we saw Rich who was making his way towards the start. Long story short, we kind of got swept up in the moving wave of people and before we know it the gun is going off for the start of that wave and we are crossing the starting line...without Cailey, Scott, and Dan...who were still waiting for us to come back from the toilet. We thought they had started, they thought we were still going to the bathroom...ugh! So, Richie and I ran together for the first mile until we found some more port-a-pots (we still hadn't gone!) and then we had to wait in line! Now our race time was shot to heck! I kept looking for Scott and Cailey, but didn't see them and still thinking they might be in front of us ~ if only we had cell phones...it was a little taste of what life is like without cell phones!!! Finally, around mile 2, I decided they were definitely behind us (in fact, they gave up waiting and started) and I slowed down to a slow walking pace and hoped they would catch up. I thought Scott would be pissed because, with Cailey, he had no hope of making a decent time. But, I also knew he would push her harder than I would and there was a good chance they would catch up to me if I slowed way down ~ like I said, my time was already shot. I finally spotted them just before mile 3 (Scott wasn't mad) and the three of us finished the race together ~ which was a really nice treat! I felt great at the end and I was kinda bummed that I couldn't run to see how well I could have done. Maybe next year. Sorry, no pictures...I forgot. But, I will post the "official" pictures from the BolderBoulder website when they are ready.

The results (drum roll, please):
Cailey ~ division place: 14 out of 157, net time: 1:19:04.73, pace: 12:45 (based on net time)...Cailey shaved 10 minutes off of last year's time!!!! She will get a medal again this year!
Scott ~ division place: 349 out of 418, net time: 1:19:04.85, pace: 12:45 (based on net time)
Alicia ~ division place: 474 out of 597, net time: 1:238, pace: 14:24 (based on net time)
Rich ~ division place: 38 out of 124, net time: 1:03:42.56, pace: 10:16 (based on net time)
Richie ~ division place: 375 out of 477, net time: 1:10:07.79, pace: 11:18 (based on net time)
Dan ~ division place: 224 out of 488, net time: 0:58:19.31, pace: 9:24 (based on net time)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! For Mom's birthday we went to see Indiana Jones (even Ben and we had Matt and Zach with us!). Ben skipped his nap but he was actually really good at the theater...and it was a 2 hour movie (whew!). We dropped Matt and Zach off at their house and then we took Mom to Red Lobster for her birthday dinner. Ben fell asleep in the car on the way and had his first accident in a long, long time. He was upset about the accident, but I assured him it was okay since he fell asleep and it was truly just an accident.

On that note, Ben is fully potty trained during the day!!! Yeah Ben!!! He has been going poopy and pee in the toilet and even goes without asking or telling me...just runs in and goes! He doesn't wear a pull-up during nap at school and he does great...but I am not that brave and I still put one on him at home for naps...I guess I should stop that...but I don't like to do that much laundry :o) He definitely still wears a pull-up/diaper at night. We will tackle that obstacle later.

Mom and Rich will leave early in the morning and will be taking the cat home with them. We will miss Mary.