Here I am by my car after snapping a few photos of the start of the 5K: (and that’s Mike to the far left)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
No Proof That I Ran a Half Marathon
A few race photos came in from the “Lace Up For Breast Cancer” Half Marathon this past weekend. It was a small race, and I LOVE running in small races. But that means no official race photographer - there was just one person snapping some photos during the race. I found myself in a few of them, but there was no photographic proof that I had run a half marathon. D’oh.
Here I am by my car after snapping a few photos of the start of the 5K: (and that’s Mike to the far left)
A few seconds later, I dropped my camera in my car before heading to the start of the half marathon:
During the awards, I was standing in the back chatting to someone who helps run the Apple Duathlon:
And then... well, I don’t know what I’m doing here...
...maybe I was doing my best Mary Katherine Gallagher impersonation:
Anyway, there’s no photographic proof that I actually ran the half marathon. But I’m STILL sticking by my PR!....
Here I am by my car after snapping a few photos of the start of the 5K: (and that’s Mike to the far left)
Not just by the way: I'm only 48,it wasn't SNOT, and you owe me 20 bucks!
ReplyDeletelol at MKG :)
ReplyDeleteClearly, you're just imagining you ran the half marathon. :)
ReplyDeleteMKG was the bomb, yo.
ReplyDeleteYou look to be praying in the back there, but the MCG idea works too:) I am doing the meet sunday then maybe we can swim again the following week.
ReplyDeleteI just read that someone did 100 x 100, you in? HA!
No way jose. I will come up with a distance set for us.
If we met earlier could Pharmie come?
OMG! I can't stop laughing at this. THIS happened to me at Chicago. I ran it, it was miserable, flipping horrible, I found everyone that I ran with, that I was beside...but not me...no official photographic record of my existence...
ReplyDeletemakes you feel special...
I know the tedium of searching through race photos, squinting and looking for glimses of myself-- I'd say the fact that you did that is BETTER than photographic proof that you ran the race. :)
ReplyDeleteHa!! This happened to me at Ironman Canada and I was pissed! I was going to give my finishers photo to my dad who was in the hospital recovering from a broken neck (3 weeks prior)as rehab insiration. I was so short the tall people who finished in front of me blocked me out in the finishers chute but then i even POSED for one with my MEdal and they never had it when I went to go get my pictures!!! I had to take him a tshirt instead! BUT I WAS THERE AND I DID FINISH! So I believe you ;)
ReplyDeleteVery funny, Mary Katherine. Try to keep your skirt down.
ReplyDeleteI bet you were at Lucky's the whole time.
ReplyDeleteOMG... you totally lied to us. I feel betrayed.
ReplyDeleteSteve, don't get so defensive. It was only a half-marathon, not like it was a real race. Anything under 26.2 is a training run. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up dude!!
ReplyDeleteYou so ran that race and there are photos somewhere to prove it!!!!
Sad! My pics usually suck anyway so I'm happy when there is less...but none...how sad.
ReplyDeleteyea that happens sometimes. i think i'm going to do a smaller marathon in june. http://www.hatfieldmccoymarathon.com/race.cfm i think i'm going to have to bring my own photographer.
ReplyDeletelol, too funny, love the last one!
ReplyDeleteNow I get it! The guilt-ridden cover-up talk about wrong turns (yeah, right), the mysterious older woman, the embarrassingly clean (immaculate!) socks, so unlike you, the alleged snot so close to (I can't SAY IT!!!)
ReplyDeleteAnd, FINALLY, no GROSS FOOT PHOTOS because NO BLISTERS because NO RUN, right???
It's 'ChesterGATE! S-O-O betrayed....
Only the HARD EVIDENCE of GROSS FOOT PHOTOS can prove STEVE IN A SPEEDO IS NOT A CROOK!
Sure you ran it Steve. Uh-huh. Riiiiighht! :)
ReplyDeletebahahaha. we might've believed you if you didn't call yourself out with these pics...
ReplyDeleteI'm for impeaching the MAYOR of PR-VILLE....
ReplyDeleteLove the action photos.
ReplyDeleteSame thing happened to me at the Frozen 10.25K or whatever the hell it was. Not that anyone would be able to recognize me in all the Arctic gear I had on. I don't care what anyone says, you're a "SUPERSTAR!" (MKG = hilarious)
ReplyDeleteYou have your chip time. That's good enough for us.
ReplyDeleteYou have your watch and your memories. I believe you MAN!!!
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you ran that half marathon? LOL
ReplyDeleteIn my first half-iron triathlon, the timing chip they gave me failed, so I had no split times anywhere on the course. Only a finishing time that they wrote down for each person. They did get some good race photos of me, but at the finish line, where the announcer was making a big deal of each racer finishing, because they would look up your information when you crossed a timing mat near the finish ... all I got was "hey buddy!". :(
ReplyDeleteMore importantly ... is that the Doublemint Twins in the first photo?? Same colors, same stride.
Yes, a SUPERSTAR - but TARNISHED!
ReplyDeleteGreat impersonation of MKG, but it looked like you were saying a little prayer to me. Hey we know you REALLY did a 1/2 and didn't bust your arse, right?
ReplyDeleteThe way I look in a race I am usually glad if there is not photographic evidence.
ReplyDeleteHow funny- you're the 2nd blog this week to reference Mary Katherine Gallagher (love the comparison by the way).
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it (having no proof), you don't look as sweaty and frozen in your after picture as you would have had you actually run a half-marathon. And you thought you could pull a fast one on us! PR schme-ar.
Just kidding, I believe you. = )
Eh, it's ok. Those race pictures tend to suck anyways. Does anyone really need proof that they look like shit when they run?
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