Wild Thing Summer Fling Marathon
In short - it was a blast! Jenny, Margaret and I spent the night at the condo in Seattle, drove up early this morning (leaving at 5:00 am), and getting home around 8:30 tonight. The race was at my favorite place to run in Bellingham - 2.62 miles on a wide gravel path around Lake Padden. Gorgeous lake, most of it wooded and cool. The weather was perfect - brilliantly sunny, low 70s, constant cool breeze off the lake. Everyone (men included) wore dresses for the first lap, and lovely headbands, and we had to accomplish a specific task after each lap as follows:
Lap 1: three cartwheels (or reasonable facsimiles)
Lap 2: 15 mountain climbers per leg
Lap 3: Give a piggyback ride the length of the covered area or jump rope for a count of 25 (I piggybacked a little girl)
Lap 4: 25 squats
Lap 5: 15 Frog leaps
Lap 6: Lay in the grass for 60 seconds (my personal favorite)
Lap 7: 10 push-ups (had to be on your toes)
Lap 8: Hula Hoop for 30 seconds (I did it twice)
Lap 9: 10 Lunges
Lap 10: 25 Jumping Jacks
They accepted a reasonable attempt at anything, and they loved a goofy attempt - like me singing "I'm a little teapot" while doing squats. There are hills on the back side of the lake that aren't too bad when you are doing two laps, but become progressively more difficult when you do ten. We decided this day was all about fun and not about time. We finished in 6:30 and best of all, we had a great day! Here are pictures of the day from Jenny: (first ones are from the night before at the condo)
Over the top of the cheaters, with double chins...
Jenny ran a 27 mile trail marathon Saturday, making this a double marathon weekend. Soaking sore feet at the condo.
A princess pose.









(photo by Matt Hagen)