Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Dashing Through the Slush

March just so happens to be the start of the racing season for Amber. Luckily, I was at my peak weight, slim and ready to race.

The run is one of the most fun possible in Seattle. The St. Pat’s Dash! http://www.stpatsdash.com/ 
Our friend TitaniumSpork (Ti-Spo, or Spork22, I haven’t decided what to call her) has run this every year since she started running and this was Amber's first fun run ever when she ran it five years ago.  Actually, 3DJustice’s mom ran it with her in 2007 on a rainy grey morning!
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I kept that experience in mind and got dressed up in my best rain gear.
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Lucky that I did since it was rainy when we got to the starting line. We only had time to pose for a few pictures before it was time to line up and run.

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Then we ran like the wind! The green was all around us. Our fellow racers were dressed up in fun costumes and everyone was in great St. Patrick’s Day spirits.

The run went around Seattle, starting and finishing at the Seattle Center. The finish line had snack booths, water, freebies and there were bagpipe players wandering around. Amber and Ti-Spo had been telling me how much fun road runs are and they were right! The mood and the people were so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again.

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Afterwards we all headed to the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle and met up with Michael for a post-race breakfast. While we were eating the slushy rain turned into snow. Not enough to stick but enough to make us glad we weren’t still out there running.

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It was a good day.

Have you ever done a fun run/race?

Seattle Fun Fact: The Seattle Space Needle was built to be the center of attention at the 1962 World's Fair.
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