Not! Although the course was relatively flat, we had a couple of killer hills and it was all I could do to run 16. Bunny and M.A. ran with me, although mostly they ran ahead of me. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I wore my green shirt from the 2007 Human Race in St. Paul, which is held around March 17. That's one of the things I miss about Mpls., there were so many races. SLO county is not very populated, so we don't have the things that cities do, like a Nordstrom's or races. There was the Valentine's 15K that I was going to do, but nobody else was and I didn't feel like doing it alone.
I did sign up for the Wine Country half and today's run was along part of the course. We had to ditch our jackets because it was too warm, and we left them on a fence at mile 2. That's what I love about living here: you can leave your clothes and they'll be there three hours later when you get back. We ran past cows, horses, and vineyards. We stopped at a tasting room at around mile 12 and they filled our water bottles with ice cold water. So nice.
Afterwards, Bunny went to get a chocolate shake and M.A. and I went to get some food. I must have an iron stomach, because I don't have any trouble eating after a run. But M.A. was feeling nauseous and only took a couple of bites. Any ideas on how to prevent nausea during a run?
I composed a haiku while on the run for the holiday, even though there's nothing Irish about a Japanese haiku.
On St. Patrick's Day
Everybody celebrates.
Kiss me, I'm Irish!
In keeping with St. Patrick's Day tradition, I'll leave you with a few jokes.
Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, "Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up Irish Whiskey". Miraculously, a parking place appeared. Paddy looked up again and said, "Never mind, I found one."
"Tell me, Patrick, how did you manage to get so very drunk last night?" asked the parish priest.
"Well you see, Father, it was like this. I got into very bad company after winning a bottle of whiskey at a raffle."
"But you were with Mick Mulligan, Sean O'Toole, and Peter Ryan and they don't drink."
"Dat's what I mean, Father..."
Kathleen Murphy was standing vigil over her husband's death bed. As she held his hand, her warm tears ran silently down her face, splashed onto his face, and roused him from his slumber. He looked up and his pale lips began to move slightly. "My darling Kathleen, " he whispered. "Hush, my love," she said. "Go back to sleep. Shhh, don't talk." But he was insistent. "Kathleen," he said in his tired voice, "I have to talk. I have something I must confess to you." "There's nothing to confess," replied the weeping Kathleen. "It's all right. Everything's all right, go to sleep now." "No, no. I must die in peace, Kathleen. I slept with your sister, your best friend, and your mother." Kathleen mustered a pained smile and stroked his hand. "Hush now Patrick, don't torment yourself. I know all about it," she said. "Why do you think I poisoned you?"
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody! Erin go bragh!
13 comments:
sounds like a lovely run! (and some funny jokes.)
It's hard to be so far from Nordstroms, I imagine, but it would be better for my budget if there wasn't one so close to me!
Great jokes. It took me a lot longer than it should have to get the title of this post.
Sounds like you had a wonderful run! Wine country, warm weather, nice running partners... awesome! I am running the Human Race this weekend and can't wait to get my t-shirt to wear on next St. Pat's Day. Maybe you need to come back for a visit next year? :)
Awesome job on the St. Patrick's 16-miler. Sounds like a wonderful place to run.
ha ha ha ha ha! those were hilarious! i am so in awe of your mileage. my only 14-miler this year was a hellish slog through hell. you are amazing!
Of course I have tips to prevent feeling sick!
1. Use something like s-caps or salt stick. You can google both - they will help keep your electrolytes in balance, which will help with that icky feeling. Be sure to drink adequate (not too little, but also, not too much) water.
2. If she is using a gel or a sport drink, try other varieties. Try one thing at a time so as to know what the culprit is. I gave up on all gels and all sport drink. I drink plain water and eat real food in small quantities. Harder to carry, but worth it. (Check out the Nathan racing vest for carry options for food).
3. Consider trying Nuun (if you do, don't use the s-caps/salt stick, Nuun has enough of it's own) if you prefer flavored drinks. It's lightly flavored, but doesn't have the sweet component - so no energy there, but good hydration.
Let me know if any of that helps!
What a great St. Paddy's Day blog!!
I've heard good things about the Wine country run...it's actually one I have my eyes on.
I'm the same way after a long run. I can't eat...I get sick feeling. Have started using recovery drinks to get something in me though.
The post race/run food is at least part of the reason I run!
The Wine Country Half is just around the corner...
Those were funny jokes. I leave stuff all the time by the side of the road for my return and it's always been there when I come back by. Nice 16 mile run! I haven't done one of those in a while.
Very nice jokes thank you. And congrats to Ireland, the winner of the 6Nations championship. In this moment they are the best of Europe.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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