Results From the Half, the Party, and More Gross Foot Photos!

Here are my official results from the St. Paul Winter Carnival Half Marathon this past weekend:

Total Time: 1:29:48
Pace: 6:52/mile
Place: 71 out of 1209
(earlier in the week, my time was listed as 1:29:13, which was a 6:49 pace, and I had placed 70th, so something just changed...)

And here are some more photos:

Dreary, foggy, snowy day


Out of the starting gates


The photo Jenny took of me around mile 8.
I was just starting my kick, but I was smiling!


Mile 12ish...dying...


Elevation chart of the out-and-back race.
Notice the sharp downhill at the start that
was KILLER on the way back up

After the race, I finished cleaning the house while Pharmie was baking delicious things. We had a party to get ready for! Pharmie made sweet desserts and awesome wheat buns. I worked on 3 kinds of chili: a double batch of white chicken chili, and 2 traditional red chilis (1 normal, and 1 veggie). People started showing up around 6, and we had about 30 people grab some grub over the next few hours. We had 2 local triathlete bloggers show up: Jumper and Jeremy. Jeremy had just run the half marathon with me a few hours before.

People mingling, people playing games


The most random assortment of people playing Catch Phrase


The kitchen at the end of the night with
3 empty pots of chili on the stove


The “goodies” corner, completely ransacked

OK, here comes the warning. And I haven’t been known to give warnings. These next photos are going to be a little gross. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

On Monday, 2 days after the half marathon, the blood blister on my foot didn’t look any different, so I figured I should pop it. I started by peeling back some of the upper blister in order to expose the blood blister beneath:

Then it popped. It dumped out some deep red blood:

I squeezed the little bastard dry:

I picked some skin off the top, and called it good:

Here it is 1 day after picking at it, and it looks “better”:

Anyone up for some hamburger?