Marathon Relay

Matt and I recently lost our minds and agreed to run the Boulder Backroads marathon relay. Matt and his buddies formed a guys' team; I joined a girls'. Only Matt trained. I kept thinking that, if I ignored it, it would go away...just like a pimple. It didn't. So, the day came, and we were forced to fulfill our obligation to our teams, dutifully running our 10k portion or the marathon.

And...it was a blast! I highly recommend it, mostly because of the fantastic people-watching opportunities. We saw people throwing up, talking to themselves, talking on the phone even (impressive!). I saw a girl running without a bra (26 miles of bouncing boobs....ouch) and a guy running in a toupee (Really, dude? You wouldn't be more comfy running 26 miles without that thing?) Yep, definitely some great people-watching at a marathon. And, despite our lack of focus on the actual running, we didn't do too badly; the girls' team came in 24th of 44 teams, and the boys came in 27th. Yay us!

Disclaimer: These pics were taken with my iphone (so please don't judge too harshly), and I couldn't tell that Andrew's eyes were closed. Whoops. Sorry, Andrew.

Scott and Meg


Matt, Scott, Jacob, and Andrew


Megan, Rebe, Me, and Vanessa (I love that there's an ambulance in the background, like we might hop in as soon as we take this picture.)