Up early to make it to the Shamrock Run on time. Actually it seemed like I was awake long before the alarm went off at 6 a.m., which may help explain why exhaustion overtook me on the return trip to camp. When we got back I gave up trying to fight it and just took a nap. Since I’m not sure what time that was, it could have been a 15 minute nap or it could have been a 2 hour nap…all I know is that I woke up at 12:50 feeling rather refreshed.
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The
Shamrock Run was much bigger than the Cotton Days Run but much smaller than the
Turkey Trot in Nashville a few years ago.
It’s all relative to town size and small is okay by me. The course was a section of walking path in
the Crossroads at Silverbell District Park which is a rather long name…I would
have just called it Crossroads Park. Anyway, about half of the 5K participants
were wearing something green in honor of the Shamrock theme…I was low key with
my green visor. There was one guy who
went all in…green clown wig, green shirt, green shamrock socks and a green
plaid kilt. And there was even a leprechaun
who was the race mascot.
Kim
set our pace again and it was up to me to keep up. We were trying for under an
hour again so he started the OnX app just to check our pace. We were able to maintain a steady enough pace
to finish under an hour and we also beat our Cotton Days race time. I finished with a time of 52:37.655 and Kim’s
time was 52:37.729…turns out I was a heartbeat ahead when it felt like I was a
footstep behind. And we got another
participation medal as we crossed the line…this one was a big ol’ three leaf
clover hangin’ on green plaid ribbon.
We stuck around for the awards ceremony because I wanted to soak up the experience. Surprised to hear Kim’s name called for 2nd in his age group and since there were just two names called, Kim said, “Ya know what that means, don’tcha? That there was only two of us in that age group…I was bound to win something.” Then later he laughingly mentioned something about also proudly embracing his last place finish. That's Kim, alright. 😄 Then, surprise! I also got 2nd place for my age group…and I didn't also come in last because there was a third place finisher.
We signed
up for it because it was a way to engage in a community event and walked away
with medals. On the way back to the car
Kim said, “You know, I could do really well at these things simply because
there’s not as much competition at my age.” What!?
You mean it wasn’t the luck o’ the Irish that got us these medals? It’s because we’re old? 😏 It doesn’t matter…I'll proudly display my participation medal and my 2nd
place medal in the camper.
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We
stopped at the owl nest and switched out SD cards. I had intended to check out the card as soon
as we got back to camp but as I mentioned earlier I just could not stay awake. Got to it when naptime was over. We had done a switch out on Thursday which
was a very windy day and hadn’t checked it again until today.
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We haven’t seen ‘Sam Elliott’ yet this
year. Anywhere from 5 to dusk he could
be seen going into Eloy or heard depending on whether he was riding his
homemade moped. He told us where he lived
but there are several houses in that little compound and I know his name is
Dean but we really don’t know who to ask about him. I hope he’s okay.
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Started
my afternoon bike ride by going to Coolidge.
As I approached my bike after coming out of Walgreens, a lady from a
nearby car said, “You ride that bike?”
Me: “Yes, I do.”
Lady: “Really?
That’s yours? You got it going, girl! How’d
you do that? I’m thinking I’d like to do that someday.”
I told her that I took a riding class at the
age of 51 and that since I’m almost 63 I’ve only been riding for 12 years. I was a little late to the game.
Lady: “Wait,
you 60? You looking good, girl! Really,
you 60?”
Me: “Well, yeah, but almost 63.”
And then as I put my helmet on she finished
with, “You sure don’t look 60. Now you get on that thing and you go get it.
You do it, girl!” And I was
seriously hoping I didn’t do anything stupid as she hung out her window to
watch me drive away.
I was
chuckling to myself about that whole encounter as I pulled onto an access road
that usually has a couple standing on the corner asking for help. As I turned onto the main road the man yells,
“You go, Gram-maw!”
So apparently I don’t look 60 but I do look like a Gram-maw. 😎
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Today’s 40 days of Lent challenge was to pray for your community. Maybe not so much of a challenge, more like
giving direction to prayer. This was one
of the easier challenges presented so far. The fasting and charity type challenges are a
little trickier.
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Kim’s
imaging tonight although his equipment was misbehaving at first. But he got it
figured out to the extent that it’s working although clouds may be drifting in
so he’s going to keep a close eye on that.
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Bike miles today: 74
Total miles: 633
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