Since me and Tiff had just run a 50K the week before, and ran a bit the night before the race, we decided to take a different approach on our goal time. We would try to hit a time of at least 5:30, and have as much fun as possible. Shir was in a hurry to get to Miners for some food after the race, so she wanted to finish under 6:00. That gave us a 30 minute window to try and hit.
Since I'd be running during the Timber vs. Sounders game, I decided I had to run in my Timbers jersey.
Jenny found a guy running dressed as a firefighter, so of course they had to pose for a picture.
We decided to take pictures at every mile marker.
Mile 1, This is too hard, I'm just going to pass out here.
No run is complete without a gravel pit!
Mile 2, this was an interesting pose...
Mile 3, Charlies Angels
Mile 4, the four women
Crow Time!
Mile 5, akward class photo
Mile 6, Look, we made a 6!
Sarah found wine
Mile 7, Snow white and her seven dwarves. (yes we found random people on the course to pose with us)
Mile 8, at Mile 8 we ate.
Mile 9
Mile 10
Mile11
Mile 12, 10 hands + 2 feet = 12
Mile 13, about halfway
Mile 14, 14 feet, again with some random people joining us.
Mile 15
Mile 16, Old enough to drive!
Mile 17
Mile 18
Mile 19 - Object we found along the way
Mile 20
Mile 21, Old enough for some fireball
Mile22
Mile 23
Mile 24 - out of ideas
Mile 25
Mile 26, almost full
Somehow Sarah beat us all by 1 second for 317th place. The rest of our group tied for 318th! And we were over 5:30, and under 6:00 mission accomplished!
We easily had more fun than anyone else on the course, and I qualified for marathon maniacs!
A few more pictures to finish with
I'm a rebel!
Except for what goes on here and facebook. There was plenty that will stay in the canyon as well though.