10 x 400 Wednesday prior (still a bit sore...old af)
Chips n salsa
9am escort in an Audi with Gia and suggestive GPS Richie after a Blac Rabbit concert, at DFCI (with pit stop for bathroom and water) on my day off
Marty Walsh cameo
10:30 start-misting, not too humid, 75 degrees.
less people up front, stroller too to boot.
(told Richie he'd hurt himself if he ran with me, he was nice enough to ask if I wanted someone to run with)
downhill pacing for 7 minute pace with a blonde runner (or two?) and hatted guy who I basically rode along with for their pretty even pacing after I calmed down from a 6:20 downhill pace. There were a bunch of switchbacks, high fived the team at the first turnaround, 2 mile hill that made me audibly yak (just me and hat guy at this point, blonde dropped back), that feeling coming early. That also hurt my finishing kick/ pacing for that matter. Hat guy passed me in the last 800, had nothing left, told him good race at the end. Stroller beat me too at the end, props to that guy.
Haven't run with people in a while so high fived and cheered, jesus top runner in the 20-29, listened to the awards to reinforce that yup, my division is one of the toughest. Messed around playing soccer goalie, had some Talisker and Whistlepig scotch from a Boston cop's stash with pizza and a daschund, Then, crashed all day, hungover, rallied by 10 pm.
flattering
-Colon inflatable that we walked through, a GI doc said to his family as he was leaving at the same time as Richie, "I've seen a lot of colons"
