I felt the need to run another 5k, and since Erick and I had yet to complete a REAL 5k (The last one we did was routed wrong and we ended up doing a 3k...) we decided to sign up for another one together.
Erick lives in the 'burbs, and has never had the opportunity to experience Chicago's lovely public trans. We decided it was best to take the L today to avoid traffic and parking issues. The race was very well run and organized, with clearly marked areas. While waiting in the corral for the race to begin, a volunteer noticed that I was trying to warm my hands and gave my his gloves off his hands. It was extremely kind of him, and I was much warmer.
When we got to the water stop we were both a bit burned out. After taking a few sips of water I noticed Erick was finished with his and was a few steps ahead of me. It was pretty warm at this point, and I decided that it would be a wonderful idea to give him a small splash of water on his back. The minute I threw the water at him I immediately regretted it. A bunch of people around us started laughing as he turned around, soaked. He took one look at me and asked a volunteer for another cup of water. I pleaded for a few seconds, claiming that I was a good person, and that I didn't mean to get him all wet, before I decided it was best to start running away from him. I took off, sprinting ahead of him before I gave up and he splashed me.
We ran, walked, sang, and danced the whole way. A while back, while running at the track toegther, we realized that we both were big on creating secret handshakes with friends. We came up with an awesome "secret handshake/pump up move" involving an in air hip bump. (Erick is a bit bigger than me, so we decided the jump and hip bump can only happen when we are standing still to prevent Meaghan flying to the next county).
There was a second water station at the end of the race... :) At this point we were both a bit delirious and tired. My simple splash at mile 2 resulted in a full on water fight at the finish. We both ended up soaked and freezing, but in good spirits.
Afterwards we celebrated with my favorite after race tradition... a slice of pizza and a coke :) We were running a bit late, so I got to tag along with Erick to pick up his girls at church. We all jammed out to "Pitch Perfect" in the car on the way back to the city (Love these girls already...) The famous "Cupcake Van" was parked in front of my school, and we all jumped out and grabbed a cupcake before saying goodbye. A perfect way to end a race morning :)
Overall, a great race! So well organized and so fun to meet up with my amazing running buddy and friend :)
Capturing Erick's first Subway experience :)
Meh. Changin legs.
reeeeeaaally excited to be running at 8am
A little bit wet after the water stop... oops :)
chillin' on the statue
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