Volume Last - One Liners from Race Day

OK...sorry about that last post. I know it was too long to read in one sitting... This one is much shorter. I promise.

So, yesterday, I went downtown to have lunch with Walter, and took the opportunity to drive 163 from the 8 (not quite Friar's Road) ...then down Broadway almost to Harbor...and it did bring back some memories (ah...doesn't Sunday seem so long ago now)...

So, here is my list of what I'll always remember from the Heffers Running the RnR...

1. Seriously! We exited the porta-potties and started the race.
   
2. Rolling my ankle on Mile 2 because I was watching Elsie recover from tripping in a pothole and thinking...ah shit, only two miles and we're done...(Obviously, we weren't)
   
3. The woman who was howling like an injured cat in the bushes at Balboa Park.
   
4. The madness of the water station on Harbor Drive and losing sight of Elsie, Edith, & Betty.
5. Seeing Wilma downtown (twice!)
   
6. The random cheer of the runners as we left downtown and got on the freeway.
7. Runners peeing in the bushes on the 163.
8. The random cheer of the runners as we left the freeway and got on Friars Road.
   
9. Seeing and running with my family members.
10. Pointing out who Boob-guy was to Chris and Jesse.
11. Passing the Team in Training 1/2 Marathon stopping point and not wanting to stop.
    
12. Edith's full frontal display because she forgot to lock the porta-potty door. And the guy who opened the door saying "thank-you!"
13. Seeing two runners doing position 72 on SeaWorld Drive in which a girl (on top) helps some guy (on the bottom) stretch his hip flexors by straddling his feet, and thinking, "now there's something that you don't often see in public."
14. NEON LIME GREEN RUNNING SHIRTS - best thing ever for finding heffers. Even when I wasn't running with a heffer, I could find one...and being pissed off at anyone else who was wearing lime green.
    
15. Running through the photo op at Mile 21, then walking.
16. Seeing Wilma (again!) at Mile 22 and almost crying because I was so happy to see her.
17. The fog machine on Pacific Highway (random...but neat).
    
18. Hearing and then seeing BBJ cheer for me at the finish line.
19. Sobbing big-fat belly sobs on Edith's shoulder after the race.
20. That first beer. A miracle.
21. Learning that Elsie ate Vaseline on a stick because she thought it was some kind of energy snack.
22. Watching us do the marathon-shuffle around the pool-deck after the run. We looked like the people in the video.
23. Eating enough Carne Asada burritos, chips, & beer after the race to actually gain weight for the day.
24. Elsie hugging the potato chips.
25. Betty telling me that she'll never do this again (we'll see...we'll see)
26. Momma, making Betty promise she'd never do this again.
    
27. BBJ telling me that he'll never do this again (yeah, right...), but I don't believe him.
28. Thinking, by Wednesday, that I might do this again (just not next year...don't worry Walter).
    

I know there's more and I'm just not remembering it right now (again, it IS like childbirth...I'm forgetting the pain already), so it's up to you all to add your list.

I'm looking forward to AFC 1/2 in August, the Nike Women's 1/2 in SF & the Iron Girl 10K in two weeks (who's in with me? I'm registering this weekend!) ONLY 6 MILES ...it'll be a piece of cake!