bruce, age 62, traveled all the way from edmonton, alberta. he sported his yellow race number proudly, fresh off his blazing time in the "the REAL calgary stampede, eh" 10K run last month.
brian, age 44, lives locally and was making his first start in the green group this year, having worked his way up from the moms-n-strollers group 4 years ago.
heather, age 37, well she hates to run. she only started doing this to do something fun with her brother and family. she didn't care where she started or where she finished. fun was her mission, and dammit, she was gonna have fun if it killed her. judging by the expression on her face - it nearly did.
and how did they finish, these three runners? see for yourself...
bruce (yellow) - 1:45 / 14:12 minute miles
brian (green) - 1:34 / 12:37 minute miles
heather (orange) - 1:16 / 10:15 minute miles
moral of the story - manage your expectations, be realistic. and then you get to feel all cool-n-shit when you exceed them :-)
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6 comments:
I KNOW!! maybe the dude isn't really bruce. maybe he hid in one of the porta potties at the start of the race, knocked poor bruce cold as he stepped in to relieve himself, and stole bruce's number. because damn - no WAY that dude should have been yellow.
kudos "bruce" (or whoever you really are) for running bloomsday. but yellow???
Is Brian waiving to the camera, or is he employing the old "swim" technique to propel himself up the hill?
Bruce looks like he'd rather be on the couch with a cold one.
And who's that girl back there? Cruisin' all the way to the finish.
the mother says: i agree with shanna, brian and bruce look like bodyguards protecting madonna (heather) from the paparazzi, while out for her run.
wha...? huh...? did my parents actually comment on my blog??!!
So are you ready to talk about your “body modifications” yet?
I believe these guys must have benefited from some corporate perks. This is the reason there will always be some duckin' and dodgin' going on no matter which group you start in. Unless you get in with the Kenyans, that is.
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