Monday, October 31, 2011

MCM: spectator report & weekend wrap

And October goes out with a bang.
The weekend started with 14+ big ones on a ridiculously gorgeous DC morning...
With my bicycle-got-sucked-into-running-with-me-partner-in-crime.
I picked up the girls and we proceeded directly to the expo.
And the weekend deteriorated pretty rapidly from there.
There was a lot of squealing and hugging and eating and drinking.
And....I mean, I'm not even sure what some of this is, but I'm certain that a good time was had by all.



I know there was a pillow fight...but you'll just have to trust me on that one.  
Getting up to spectate the next morning took some oomph, but we rallied hard to cheer on the marathoners, who lucked out with a pretty perfect day.
I hopped in a few times to run with a few girls on their way to some pretty serious PRs.  Christy is in there...
And I've never had as much fun in a race as I did pacing this pink girl, who took no prisoners and about 30 ridiculous minutes off of her PR.  No one deserved an amazing day more than she did.
The rest will just have to be left up to your imagination.  How was your weekend?  I saw quite a few of you on the course at MCM, and was tracking online!
Posted by Katie at 9:52 AM

22 comments:

  1. Thanks for coming out to cheer us all on! It was a huge boost!

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  2. I had so much fun with you this weekend!!! Thank you soooooooooooo much for having me, I love you even more and ditto for the pups and the Poet. (Although my liver is still cranky)

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  3. You know its a good weekend when head butts are involved.

    So glad you all had a great time but so sad I missed it. I think I would have paid PPV prices to watch.

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  4. I'm pretty sure you were with that pink girl when I ran by but I saw Morgan! I had a fantastic day myself! Looks like you had a stellar weekend.

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  5. Now it's time to sleep for a week? I only did a portion of this and I'm exhausted. Thanks for letting me hang with you guys!

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  6. I didn't see you out there, but we were probably overlapping when we jumped in. It was such a gorgeous day for a race.

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  7. Marathon cheering outfits FTW!

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  8. It was a great final boost having you trot alongside me for a few paces. ROAD RUNNING HURTS!

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  9. I must say that the Pink Girl smashed her PR in style. I'm backing the white rimmed sunglasses accessorized with the white sun sleeves. Subtle yet effective.

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  10. I yelled your name! But the volume of which things came out of my mouth by that point is questionable.... ;)

    Loved seeing you guys, though!

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  11. A very good weekend indeed! So glad I got to join you all for some of it. :)

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  12. Love those photos! Sometimes spectating is more fun than running!

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  13. So awesome! I'm glad you guys got to have such a great time. And yahoo for the pink girl!!

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  14. haha, those pictures are golden.

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  15. So many gorgeous redheads. I'm sorry I didn't get to do any of this fun stuff. Now I'll never know why Lauren has so many forks.

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  16. did you get a hair cut!? it looks so pretty and shiny!

    glad you had such a great weekend! and hooray for a long run with no ass pain!

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  17. If those are the "safe" pictures from this past weekend, I can't even imagine what REALLY went on! haha

    Sounds like it was a great weekend!

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  18. Sounds like a good time. I'm really leaning toward doing MCM next year.

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  19. I SO enjoyed meeting you (y'all) and hanging out...only it didn't feel like we were meeting for the first time!
    Thak you SO much for pacing me. You kept me going when I was dragging mentally and physically. You are the BEST runner inner EVAH!!!

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  20. It sounds like an amazing weekend! I just read That Pink Girl's recap today, and you are such a sweet runner friend for jumping in! I was in tears reading about your motivating words as she ran to her big PR. So inspiring.

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  21. It looks like (and sounded like on twitter!) an AMAZING weekend :)

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