Myles & Myles

Last Saturday, we ran in the Monster Mash 10K.

Behold, the new Dynamic Duo, Batman and Freddy Krueger(?!)!

Liz as Batman
Steve as Freddy Krueger

It was a good race. Liz finished the 10K in 1:03:30 and I finished in 1:05:32; we’re both happy with those times, as our goal was 1:10:00. As you might have guessed, there was a costume contest. Two people came forward with “scary costumes” (though we had seen more throughout the run), me and a lady dressed as a zombie. Since they had a “Scariest Costume” award for each gender, I won the male award by default (so running for an hour in a sweater was worth it):

Scariest Costume Ribbon

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We’ve done some other runs lately, more to come in the near future. I think the next few posts will be in reverse chronological order until we’re caught up.

This morning, we ran in the Klein High School Bearkat Bash for the third year. I finished in 30:21 and Liz finished in 30:27; both of us improved quite a bit over last year’s time of 31:43. And now we have new personal records!

Also, due to the fact that my birthday is on Tuesday, I managed to “win” first place in my age group (I wouldn’t have placed if I were in the 30-34 age group, but I’m still 29 for the next three days). Technically, the overall winner (who finished in 15 minutes and change) is in my age group, too, but they don’t allow duplication of awards. And to be fair, he and I were the only male participants in the 25-29 age group. But it’s still a major award and I won, to paraphrase “The Old Man” from A Christmas Story.

Here I am with my first place finisher award:

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