We ran the Revlon 5k in our Vibram shoes

This was the first time she joined me on a 5k, we did a few training runs around our neighborhood but mostly we stuck to walks and a lot of bike rides. We wore our fivefinger shoes and yes matching sweat pants 

It was great to run with her !! love you babe! !!

 

We got there a little early , most teams had a meeting point in the stands but our team didn't register so we headed out to the starting line , which turned out to be better, since there wasn't a lot of people there  we got to go almost all the way to the front. We got to see the announcers up close and we were quick to get started, some of the other people on our team took up to an hour to get to the starting line. I think they were expecting about 45000 people I wouldn't be surprised if there were thousands more than that.

Running in to the Coliseum was awesome!!!

Once we got to the tunnel we all knew it was so close to the finish line and no one could contain their excitement hootin and a hollerin we all tiredly ran in, fist pumping,  for a few moments became cool again.

We got our lunch bags and water and went up to the stands to watch the rest of the runners trickle in 

Every now and then We would muster our meek sounding YEAY for all those crossing the finish line 

Hey they even got our bodies perfectly portrayed up by the entrance !

My first medal

Got 2nd place! 

The Last mile caught me by surprise . I was surprised there was anything left in me.  I dug deep and finished strong , kept my head straight , put the biggest smile on my face for the finish line photogs 

"great form", " nice finish" , " good show", "hey what are those shoes?",. people are going to say when they see all those finish line photos but the picture I like the most is the one my wife took of me once I got my medal

By the way , I am making that my official lucky race shirt ;)

In my dreams I am Kenyan

Got my number yesterday, is about midnight right now . will try to update this as the night goes on. 

The race is at 8am

 I am sorta just looking to get it over with, I want to be on the other side of the finish line already , my only goal really is to be able to finish it in under one hour. there is no doubt in my mind that I will finish it.

30 minutes later..... kinda getting nervous..

maybe 5 weeks of "training" to go from no physical activity at all to a race is not enough, well, I do live in the 3rd floor and there is no elevator so I do get some exercise, just don't ask my wife or she will tell you about the time I waited all day for her to get home from work so she could stop across the street to get me a soda, but in my defense I was lazy before 

1 hour later.

maybe staying up all night wasn't such a good idea, My average total sleep for last 7 days was less than 4 hours a day split in 2 to 3 hrs in the morning followed by an hour nap before working all night .. oh one day I got like 5 hours all in a row , it was glorious! but they do say to not make any drastic changes and this has been my sleeping habits for the past decade so awake I stay half asleep I run!

hey shirt ideas!

-SLEEPwalker RUNNER 

-RUN LIKE A CRAZY PERSON

-"FUN RUN" 

-Y U NO RUN FASTER? on the back of my shirt .. granted I would have to get way better to pull it off

-WAIT FOR ME (probably more appropriate for my fitness level)

-I'M SLOW BUT STEADY

1 hour later

I'm thinking of making up some pre-race rituals, being this is my first race some of them might be counterproductive but hey, how would I know.. right?

¡¡¡¡¡IN-n-OUT pre-race burger !!!!!

LUCKY SOCKS!!!

Just kidding  This is what am running on  

I know they look funny but they are quite comfortable and my knees hurt a lot less after .

1hr later.

ooooh Am getting nervous .

I will not poop my pants .

I will not throw up.

I will keep my own pace

I will finish  and it will be an epic finish!

I gotta work on my playlist 

15 songs 58 minutes.