Summer is the time for festivals. This part weekend my hometown held theirs. Well, it is not technically my town, I went to junior high and high school there and my mailing address was Eldridge, but we lived a few miles away in a unincorporated town of Park View. So it is my hometown and not.
Anyway, part of the Eldridge day celebration is the Moonlight Chase . It is unusual because it is at 9 pm. It was still hot, hot, hot, but not like the morning or afternoon. I started running this race when I was 14 or so and I like to participate when I can. This year, like last, I signed myself up for the 4 mile race and my daughter for the 1/4 mile.
She did pretty good. Her Merma bought her special running clothes.
I still had to run with her, but I bet next year she will run all by herself.
As for my race, I suffered through it. It was worth it to get Mike's Hard Lemonade and popsicles at the end. My mom even bought me a Lion's Club pork chop sandwich (delish!).
My cold made me slow. I ran 38:38 according to my watch. According to my chip, I ran 35:00 which is a big fat lie. I can run that fast, but I did not. They announced that they were having chip timing "issues," so I guess my "issue" is that it made me faster. I have a lot of running improvement to make before me next race on July 28th , The Bix7.
Does your hometown do a festival? What is their big draw?
Anyway, part of the Eldridge day celebration is the Moonlight Chase . It is unusual because it is at 9 pm. It was still hot, hot, hot, but not like the morning or afternoon. I started running this race when I was 14 or so and I like to participate when I can. This year, like last, I signed myself up for the 4 mile race and my daughter for the 1/4 mile.
She did pretty good. Her Merma bought her special running clothes.
I still had to run with her, but I bet next year she will run all by herself.
As for my race, I suffered through it. It was worth it to get Mike's Hard Lemonade and popsicles at the end. My mom even bought me a Lion's Club pork chop sandwich (delish!).
My cold made me slow. I ran 38:38 according to my watch. According to my chip, I ran 35:00 which is a big fat lie. I can run that fast, but I did not. They announced that they were having chip timing "issues," so I guess my "issue" is that it made me faster. I have a lot of running improvement to make before me next race on July 28th , The Bix7.
Does your hometown do a festival? What is their big draw?
I also have a hometown that is not my hometown. I grew up with a Fountain Inn address and a Simpsonville phone number, which is what I told people when they asked where I was from. Also, I lived the first four years of my life in Mauldin and went to church there until I transferred my membership (um, last year). So I guess I am from the Golden Strip, which is not in fact a strip club, but the string of those three towns. Fun South Carolina Facts.
ReplyDeleteI just usually say I am from the "Quad Cities area" or "Davenport area". Or the more general "Iowa" for those not familiar with the mid-west. Actually once I said I was from Iowa and asked what state that was in.
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