"The Runners" don't usually enter any 5 K's, after all these races are ONLY 3.1 miles. We all prefer LONG GRUELING tests of endurance-----you know at least a good half-marathon (13.1) which looks like a walk in the park after you've done a marathon. We do enter ONE and ONLY ONE 5K every year. The Mudbug 5K in Shreveport.
This race puts the "UGH" back into running! Only 3.1 miles, BUT it is run in the late afternoon which in North LA can mean temperatures as high as the 90's. Top that off by running in the FULL LATE EVENING SUN on a CONCRETE ROAD. We are all "A brick short of a load", but for some reason this is our annual nod to the 5K.
Perhaps the reason has something to do with "Eating Out" afterwards in "The Big City". Most 5K's are held in the morning-so you might get a piece of breakfast pizza or a piece of fruit afterwards, but at 9 AM you really have not worked up your FULL appetite.
NOT THE CASE at 8 PM. Even though you may be REALLY queasy after the dehydrating and exhausting 5K, we are always up for a meal. Tonight's fare----Italian. We always manage to go to a different place every year and we all have a great time! No Mudbugs for us-too much work and too little sugar for a dime. PLEASE BRING ME A LARGE PLATTER OF PASTA!
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Good luck to all you crazy runners! I saw you this afternoon gassing up at Jefferson Corner!
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