3rd Annual Sweat Your Thorns Off Recap

It appears as if I have forgotten an introduction. We'll get to the boring crap later.

Today I ran my very first race (In full discloser, I DNS'd my very very first one back in July. My ego  Nerves got the best of me). So what if today's was a virtual one, I'm still counting it.

Clearly, I have amazing photo editing skills.

TheBoringRunner hosted his 3rd annual Sweat Your Thorns Off Virtual Race. I figured why not participate in this one. I don't have to worry about anybody else passing me up and looking feeling like a loser. I'm working on that. It goes back to that ego thing. Anywaysssssss....

The first mile always makes me want to pitch a fit and go home. I did, however, use this first mile as an excuse to run slow enough to get a picture of my South Texas run for y'all. BTW have you seen the temperature index for South Texas? Let's just say I had NO PROBLEM sweating my balls off for this one.

Down here in Texas we have greenbelts. It makes for a nice little running experience. That is IF you can avoid the dog shit on the concrete. Who really lets their dog crap on the sidewalk anyways? Everyone knows that's a set up for back splash. The dirt is so much more absorbent.

Mile 2 still sucked. I think I looked at my watch every tenth of the mile. It took an obscene amount of time to knock that mile out. Or felt like it at least.

Mile 3 was easy peasy. I love it when I hit that mark where it begins to feel ok. Do I dare say it felt good? Uh hell yes it felt good. So good I decided to continue on for a 4th. Did I mention that my current training plan called for a 3-4 mile long run today? No? Ok, well it did. I figured what a better way to spend my "long" run than doing a 5k with all you virtual peeps.

Also, I didn't bother to stop and take anymore pictures. I've yet to master that skill (along with many others). Any tips for that one? How in the heck are you guys taking pictures and still moving?! However, I did snap a picture of my dog molesting me enjoying himself and licking the sweat off of me after the 4 miles.

I also didn't bother printing my bib out. I'm fresh out of safety pins.

Who am I kidding? I'm lazy and didn't feel like hooking up the printer. I did have Babel take a snapshot of me beside my prized bib. I plan on making one of those ever-popular bib coasters out of it.

This was awesome. I'm still waiting on that watered down gatorade though. I've been creeping you for awhile and I have to say, you let me down on that one, Adam.

Official Time: 38:13.2