Long Distance Diva
Is it really Sunday already? I’ve had such a productive weekend, it’s hard to believe it’s over before Ive even had a chance to relax.
This weekend I did the following things:
- Watched the hubs run a 10K.
- Watched the hubs landscape that old weed bed in front of our house.
- Watched the hubs seal and caulk the backsplash.
- Baked crunchy granola.
I’ll tell ya, it’s exhausting having to supervise everything.
I will be sharing how we accomplished each of these things throughout the week.
First up, the 10K. (That means 10 kilometers for all you lame-o non-runners. Like me.)
Last week I found this sitting on my counter:
![DSC_1412_small Dogwood Run Flyer](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1412_small.jpg)
Kinda cheesy, but it must have worked since the hubs told me he had signed up.
Now I am not a runner. Not in the slightest. I think I could make it about half a mile before collapsing in a worthless heap on the pavement.
But the hubs? Well, considering he’s been in the military for over 10 years, he might know how to run a little.
But distance running has definitely never been his strongest sport, and he’d never before signed up for an organized race.
![DSC_1131_small Dogwood Run Number](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1131_small.jpg)
So being the supportive wife that I am, I got my butt out of bed at 6:00 on Saturday morning to come cheer him on.
I even got to pin on his number.
I might have almost pierced his nipple.
But that’s beside the point.
You know what I discovered?
![DSC_1129_small Dogwood Run People](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1129_small.jpg)
I like runners.
![DSC_1238_small Dogwood Run](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1238_small.jpg)
They’re phenomenal, friendly, and driven people.
And animals.
Her dog’s name is Hero. Kinda fitting, don’t you think?
![DSC_1237_small Dogwood Run Dog](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1237_small.jpg)
Here were all these people from different walks of life gathering together to run – of all things – during a time when I would just be contemplating getting out of bed.
Look at ’em go!
![DSC_1173_small Dogwood Run](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1173_small.jpg)
Looks like way too much work for me.
But apparently it wasn’t for them…
![DSC_1204_small Dogwood Run](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1204_small.jpg)
Or them…
![DSC_1207_small Dogwood Run](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1207_small.jpg)
Or even them.
![DSC_1211_small Dogwood Run](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1211_small.jpg)
Looks like the hubs was having a good time, too.
![DSC_1200_small Dogwood Run Hubs](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1200_small.jpg)
Several eye-opening thoughts went through my head while watching all those hard-working, charitable people run past me that morning.
1) I need a wide-angle camera lens.
2) I need coffee.
3) I think I just sat on a cigarette butt.
4) Is Target open yet?
5) I did sit on a cigarette butt.
6) It would suck if it starts raining. For me. And my camera.
7) If I go get coffee, will I be back in time to see hubs cross the finish line?
8) That really doesn’t matter because I need coffee.
So I went and got some coffee. The runners didn’t judge me.
By the way, it turns out I did make it back in time to see him cross the finish line.
![DSC_1217_small Dogwood Run Finish](http://domesticatingkate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc_1217_small.jpg)
That’s just the kind of person I am.
So what did you do this weekend?
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