Superbowl 10k and festivities, 2010

I'm going to have to start dating these specific races now, because I'm starting to hit the point where I'm talking about the same races year after year (is that a good thing? A bad thing? Am I getting old and predictable, or just dedicated and consistent?)

This years race had a big turnout of friends, and it was also going to be a barometer for several of us that are planning on racing in a couple of triathlons this year, specifically Carlos, Drew, and I. The total cast of characters included: Kelly, her sister Kristy, Nick, Paul, their friend Jay, and Carlos' girlfriend Brittney. Half the trouble was the logistics alone, getting down to the start. For some reason that aspect always stresses me out the most. So, we met at my house, I gave everyone a ride down in the xterra then i doubled back to my place grabbed my bike carlos and brit (who rode down on pegs) rode down, locked bike up at spectrum then ran the race by myself. Phew!

Actually, in terms of the race report; that's about all there is! I wore the superman cape, and somehow got started up towards the front, which I must say isn't that much fun. People that are waaay too focused, and not wanting to chat with the peeps around them. One happening of note: about 500 yeards into the race there was a loud crash, the equivalent of hearing a bike crash (you know I have experience in this if you read this post, and that post)and I look over, there's a girl in her twenties, who just absolutely killed a parking meter. I mean, she was obviously embarrassed, but also just too hurt to get up or even try and recover. It was ugly, and I for one know how that feels:not well.

I ran hard the whole race, and started doing the math at mile 4 to try and figure what my finishing time would be. I realized coming down the straight away looking at the ocean, that unless I blew a hammy, I was going to finish around 50 minutes. My goal was to break 50 minutes, so I double-timed it the last mile, and actually got in at 49 minutes, something-something seconds. A new personal record! A good sign for the upcoming triathlons, and it was good to see that everyone came in happy and satisfied with their times. We hit the beer garden afterwards, which is always a scene, but it is a must-do to get your two free Asahi's. The Superbowl hijinks that followed were 'typical' for us, so rather than discuss I'll include my video recap here:

Youtube video

I will say this. I didn't include in this video about 30 minutes worth of keg stands, and the fact that we polished a keg by halftime.

So what have we learned here?

None of us are getting thaaaaat old.