You call it running, I call it TORTURE.....: Lickety Split

Today Al, I, Teresa and Haylee ran the Hartsville YMCA's Lickety Split 5k race. It was at 8am and HOT. Have I mentioned I hate summer in SC? If I haven't, you should know I do. But I digress - the course was extremely, EXTREMELY hilly - which I was NOT prepared for. I expected a hill or two, but I swear to all things mighty that there must have been 100 hills we had to run up in this race. Ok, maybe not 100, but at least 4 to 6. No. Frigging. Joke.

So needless to say, my time sucked. Two minutes worse than my last race and I was aiming for 40 minutes or less. Al and I finished in 46 minutes. Boo. Haylee finished in 44 and Teresa finished in 39 (she's such a show off you know?).

Guess what though? Even though my time sucked and the course nearly killed me - I won a medal. HELLS YEAH!!!!!! I finished third in my age group - which I don't really know what it was, but hey whatever. I missed them calling out my name though, I swore the man said Amy Briggs so I didn't budge. Al and Teresa kept saying "I think he said your name" but I knew there was just no way. So many people finished ahead of me. Teresa won first place in our age group - which surprised nobody cause like I said, she's a show off anyways. I only keep her around because she's encouraging....

if it weren't for that, I would try to trip her. So, after all the trophies and medals were given out, Al went and asked the guy if he said my name and sure enough he had! I was (and still am) stoked that I won a frigging medal! I just wish I had heard my name so I could have skipped up to the table to get it in front of everyone. It's probably the only time I've ever wanted to be in front of a crowd. :)

Oh, but I should tell you - I ran along a woman who was in her 70s for about half the race. She never stopped running! I was amazed. I had to stop a few times and walk and I never could catch back up with her once I stopped to walk. The best part of this - although the fact I couldn't catch a 70 year old woman - was the fact her shirt said "See Ya" on the back. How awesome is that? I hope I'm like her when I'm 70. She totally rocked.