Friday Funny 61: Costumed Runners

I went through the Monster Dash photos from last weekend to find some good ones of some funny runners in costumes. (They have 3 distances: 5K, 10 Mile, and Half Marathon.) First, I’ll show you a few from my race.

This photo is from about mile 1 of my 10 miler. Do you want to know the key for placing first, second, or third overall? This photo shows you our secret: NEVER let your feet touch the ground:

This next one of me Kerry snapped as I went by. It looks like a Sugoi ad:

Kris snapped this one as I was leaving the Lake Harriet Bandshell area:

And about a mile later, some else in Kerry’s crew snapped this photo:

Like I said in my race report, I pushed harder at the beginning of this race. Therefore, I was really just trying to hold on after mile 7. I passed the guy with the beard around mile 4, and I ran in second place until about mile 9.5. Here I am at mile 9, and I don’t look nearly as smiley:

Just after that photo was taken, I was passed to move back into 3rd. That guy had a CRAZY negative split! I passed him just before mile 4, and I was 1:40 in front of him at the timing mat around mile 5.6. Over the next 4.4 miles, he made up 1:50 on me to beat me by 10 seconds! Wow!

You can tell in these next 3 photos how “beat up” I was from running so hard in the beginning of the race. Here’s first place “gliding” across the line in under an hour:

Here comes second place (with that CRAZY fast negative split) to finish just in front of me. You can see my black arm and tights on the far right:

At the same time second place was hitting the line, my friend Amblyn was snapping a photo of me. I look MUCH WORSE than first or second place:

See what I mean? Yeah, you see.
And why do I run with my pinkie out? Jeez, I'm so dainty.

I hit the line and held my side-stitch:

And then I TRIED to smile for an official finisher’s photo. It’s less of “smiling” and more of just “exposing my teeth:”

Now, on to some fun racers!!

A pair of Waldos


I hope she’s pregnant and not just making fun of her belly fat


The Jamaican Bobsled Team runs the half marathon EVERY year!

Amblyn and I saw this next pair finish. They wore their undies and a cape for the entire half marathon!

I did NOT alter this next photo of those 2 in their undies. It’s just how I found it. It shows her strong legs and his... well... his... just take a look and you’ll know what I’m trying to say:

He did the half marathon in that!


Great 5K costume


Simple but funny!


Run Forrest, Run! He did the half marathon! Great costume!


Legos!

These last 2 are my 2 favorites. First of all, who doesn’t love a pair of pregnant nuns?

And finally, I saw this guy out there. I saw him in a pack of people, so I only saw him from the waist up. So I missed the lower part of his costume...

... at least I HOPE that’s part of the costume!

I’m 95% sure I’ll be heading to the Tesfa 5K tomorrow morning (maybe with Pharmie too). I’ll let you know how it goes! Happy weekend!