Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday..... Moonlight 5k Edition

 Sunday night I ran an actual, in person, 5k race. Ok, I mostly walked it, but I finished it and I wasn’t last. 

The race was out on by Vac and Dash, a running store in Albemarle, NC. The drive was over an hour, but when I registered, I thought the hubs would come with me. Turned out, he had a dirt bike event and wouldn’t be home in time. I was bummed because it wasn’t just a race.... it was at a drive in and they were playing movies afterwards! 

Not gonna a lie, I started to talk myself out of going. Driving 2.5 hours round trip for a 5k is ridiculous, but it was a live event, and then I got a call that I won the grand prize in the raffle for early registrants! I won a ZagBag Board, which is a lawn game similar to cornhole. Hold me back!

So I went. The drive was pretty painless, and parking was easy. I larked equally between the bathroom and the bib pickup, and also the starting line! The shirt was long sleeved cotton, and unisex, so it is totally comfy, plus we get a glass bottle of RC Cola and a Moonpie. And a bib, with a tracking strip on the back. I haven’t had one of those since February. 

The event had a 5k and a 10 mile race and if you did both, it was a half marathon with a huge medal. The 5k didn’t have medals, at least not that I saw when I finished. They had us line up all spread out, but didn’t require masks, which was nice. I ran the first mile and walked the last two, and it took forever. I don’t care, though. It was a race! We were given mini water bottles at the water stop, and they were cool and refreshing. The course was super hilly and al neighborhood, and the sun was setting as we ran. 

As I approached the finish, the ten mile runners were lining up, but the RD had them make room for us to finish, which I’ve never seen at a race before and really appreciated. 

I didn’t see any water when I finished, but I brought some so it was all good. I changed real quick in the real bathrooms by the snack stand and beat feet out of there. 

If it wasn’t so far, I would totally go back and do this one again! 

I’m Virtually a Wonder Woman!

 I received entry into the DC Wonder Woman 10k, presented by Amazon, as part of being a BibRave Pro (Ambassador). Check out BibRave.com to find and write race reviews.

I love virtual races, you can run them any time, anywhere, and the swag is often amazing. Throw Wonder Woman in there and it’s a guaranteed success. The swag (pictured above) was amazing. The jacket is super cozy and the wrist bands are a great touch! I joined a team, so we got a hat, plus I bought the cute socks, because, well, capes. Enough said. 

I broke the race up into two pieces. Because of my recent backslide with my knee, I’m not able to run the 10k all at once so I did two different 5k runs instead.

This was supposed to be run 1, but the weather turned bad, and I had to bail after a half mile. 

Take 2. The first 5k was complete, before the sun even came up! This one, I even had to walk three times around the parking lot because my headlamp died and it was too dark out to run in the street. 

Same with run 2! Both runs were super swampy, but I got it done. Of course, I had to take the obligatory finisher phots once the sun came up!

And since the runs were both done so early, I didn't get any fun food photos, so I did a front porch swag photo. A girl has to get creative sometimes.

 They sent the swag out nice and early, so I got to take these great pics. Some races will wait until the time period has ended before they send out the swag. 

Definitely some of my favorite swag. 

Have you run any fun virtual races this year? 

 

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