Tuesday, August 2, 2011

oh yeah: i survived

I really should have done this post yesterday, for those of you who were worried that I might not have lived through the Dirty 30 Race. ha.

I finished.

AND I had a blast! I seriously loved it! For real.

Here are some photos...

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Side note/story: Back in the day when myspace and {myspace creeping} was where it was at, one of my awesome friends liked this guy, and he might or might not have liked this other girl. {We were never quite sure. ;)} Anyway, her headline {remember those, myspacers??} on her myspace page said: "I can run in heels." I told my friend, "Whatever, that's lame." And changed my headline to read: "I take out the trash in heels." Which is not lame, and is actually true. So anyway, I guess those phrases are imbedded in my brain and might have inspired the saying that I put on my shirt for the race...

The front said: "I run better in heels..."

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These girls plus my friend Whitney Ray cheered me on during the race! Thanks, loves!

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{my friend B, my sis Amber and my niece Laila}

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{Randa, Megan, Jamie, me, Chelsea ~ Megan is in my LifeGroup and Jamie does my hair. Randa and Chelsea were friends of theirs who I just met that day, but as I've heard, you make friends quickly at races. :)}

Hey, check it out: I can scale a wall. It's not a big deal.

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I dominated the mud pits. I mean, I really did. So fun!

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Oh, we just walked through a pond. Also not a big deal. And pretty fun! :) {Actually, it felt great in the 100+ degree heat!}

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I'm a poser. It's what I do.

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Yes, we choreographed our finish line flourish. :)

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Showing off our sweet medals! I bit mine, because that's what they do in the Olympics when they win, right?

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Dirty girl!

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This is my memorial tattoo for my brother Jack. He definitely would have been so impressed with me and proud of me for doing this run!

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A sort of shower and a few beers were the perfect ending to this super fun race!

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Thanks to the lovely ladies who ran this with me! I had so much fun, and I can't wait for the next one! Uh oh.. I think I got tricked into becoming a runner! :)

~abi~

3 comments:

  1. Great post... Enjoyed the write up... Awesome pics.... Congrats on completion.

    Made me remember my run.

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  2. Thanks so much for posting! Some people from my lifegroup did this.. I thought it sounded like a blast (maybe if I wasn't, you know, 9 months pregnant). I was really curious to see what kind of obstacles there were... looks like you conquered them all! I'll be looking for this next year!

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  3. Ahhh, you know I am sooooo proud of you and I have to do this with you next year. Keep it up my friend! You're fabulous!

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