Saturday, May 16: “Running” around to get ready
Miles walked/run: 6.2- Jay//3.1-Janet
Best thing today: Jay finished a 10K in great time!
Worst thing today: Cleaning the house
Finally! We're on vacation. OK. We're not at Disney already, but we're off from work - so that's vacation!
I have a sort of retentive habit of wanting to clean the house before we go on vacation so the house isn't a wreck when we return. (Also, so our pet sitter doesn't report us to the SPCA for neglect of our two cats (Merlin and Sam.)
So we spent the morning/early afternoon cleaning up and getting finished packing.
The other reason we had initially taken off on Saturday was so Jay could run his first 8K race. He started running in October and has run several 5Ks, but his ultimate goal is to run the Disney half-marathon in January – so he was looking to up his mileage in races through the summer and fall. Unfortunately, the 8K was canceled. But luckily, he found out that there was a 5k/10k walk/run on Saturday.
It started at 6:45 pm. It was the Leapin' Lizard race, as part of the sesquicentennial celebration of the city of High Point, just a few miles down the road from us.
We squared everything away for the trip, and headed out. For his previous 5Ks, I had simply been a spectator and taken pictures. But I figured since there was a 5K walk option, I'd get a little exercise while he ran the 10K course. After heavy clouds during the day, the late afternoon sun peeked out and a nice breeze came along. As race festivities started, the music blared, and the mascot “Sesquiwhoo” came out. The funny part is that the owl “costume” wasn't quite complete. The guy wearing it had hairy legs and flip-flops poking out! Imagine human, hairy legs sticking out of the bottom of a Disney character!! Here's what he was supposed to look like:
It was a hilly, but pretty course. Jay did great and I finished the walk in a respectable time. We won several door prizes and had a great time. We headed home, showered and got in the car for the 1½-hour drive to Durham.
By this time, it was about 10:45, and we were hungry for dinner – luckily, we knew that the Cheesecake Factory was open until 12:30 a.m., so we went and had a great meal. After running 6.2 miles, Jay was certainly entitled to great food – and I got to come along too. We finally checked into the hotel a little after midnight, tired, and ready to get a good night's sleep to really start our vacation the next day. We were on the hunt for zebras. Zebra domes, that is.
Miles walked/run: 6.2- Jay//3.1-Janet
Best thing today: Jay finished a 10K in great time!
Worst thing today: Cleaning the house
Finally! We're on vacation. OK. We're not at Disney already, but we're off from work - so that's vacation!
I have a sort of retentive habit of wanting to clean the house before we go on vacation so the house isn't a wreck when we return. (Also, so our pet sitter doesn't report us to the SPCA for neglect of our two cats (Merlin and Sam.
)So we spent the morning/early afternoon cleaning up and getting finished packing.
The other reason we had initially taken off on Saturday was so Jay could run his first 8K race. He started running in October and has run several 5Ks, but his ultimate goal is to run the Disney half-marathon in January – so he was looking to up his mileage in races through the summer and fall. Unfortunately, the 8K was canceled. But luckily, he found out that there was a 5k/10k walk/run on Saturday.
It started at 6:45 pm. It was the Leapin' Lizard race, as part of the sesquicentennial celebration of the city of High Point, just a few miles down the road from us.
We squared everything away for the trip, and headed out. For his previous 5Ks, I had simply been a spectator and taken pictures. But I figured since there was a 5K walk option, I'd get a little exercise while he ran the 10K course. After heavy clouds during the day, the late afternoon sun peeked out and a nice breeze came along. As race festivities started, the music blared, and the mascot “Sesquiwhoo” came out. The funny part is that the owl “costume” wasn't quite complete. The guy wearing it had hairy legs and flip-flops poking out! Imagine human, hairy legs sticking out of the bottom of a Disney character!!
Here's what he was supposed to look like:It was a hilly, but pretty course. Jay did great and I finished the walk in a respectable time. We won several door prizes and had a great time. We headed home, showered and got in the car for the 1½-hour drive to Durham.
By this time, it was about 10:45, and we were hungry for dinner – luckily, we knew that the Cheesecake Factory was open until 12:30 a.m., so we went and had a great meal. After running 6.2 miles, Jay was certainly entitled to great food – and I got to come along too. We finally checked into the hotel a little after midnight, tired, and ready to get a good night's sleep to really start our vacation the next day. We were on the hunt for zebras. Zebra domes, that is.
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