Illinois Marathon today! Brian and I happily ran the 5K together last night, after dropping Ethan off at one of his friends' for a couple of hours. All three of us had a great evening. Brian and I have never run together in a race, so this was something to be proud of!
This morning was then the 10K that I did by myself. Brian is always great about dropping me off, and then we make arrangements to meet somewhere after the race, but it never quite works out that way, and then we get grumpy with each other. Never more so than today! So let me tell you this story, and you will have to add up the Common Sense points to see who needs a shot of it the most.
1. The website said 7:35, but the race packet said 7:44, so I anticipated getting there at 7:30. None of us slept well last night, so we were moving really slowly, and then Ethan did NOT want to go anywhere! So we were running late, and when Brian dumped me out of the car, the race actually started right then. Oops!
Lack of Common Sense Point: Alexis
2. Every year, we anticipate when I'll finish so that we can figure out how to meet up after the race. Since I thought the race would be starting at 7:44, and it would take awhile to get to the start line, and I might go slower than usual, and I didn't want to make B wait around, I said 9:00. Wrong! The race started promptly (early?) at 7:40 or even a few minutes earlier, and I ran like someone was chasing me, so I was done earlier than I thought. More like 8:40.
Lack of Common Sense Point: Alexis - I should have just told B to add on one hour to the start time!
3. Our plan when I was done? "Walk East!" Great! However, Brian's version of walk east was, "Walk east until you get to the place where the marathon runners are blocking the road, then turn around and walk that route again until you find me," though he didn't say that, and my version was, "Walk east until you can't walk east anymore, then continue to head home."
Lack of Common Sense Point: I think this one goes to Brian, though we had a short but glorious fight about this and I doubt he agrees with me that this is his point. :)
4. Yep, I headed east. All the way home. Then couldn't get in. And didn't have a phone. And couldn't find a neighbor who was home to let me use theirs. So what did I do? Continue further east to my parents' house. After all, they would be home, right? And when they aren't home they rarely lock their doors...(except for today)
Lack of Common Sense Point: I think Alexis gets double for this one
5. Finally found a phone, called Brian, he and I found each other, are again on speaking terms, and I have now had a shower and a nap. Life is good. (Except if you add up the points, in which case I don't look so good.)
And here are Years 1-4 of the Illinois Marathon Ethan and Mama:
This year's picture we took inside. It was soooooooo cold outside today! Contrast that with Year 2, when I was so warm I almost was sick at the end of the race. Brrrrrr.
