Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Goofy Files

Well, I am not feeling any better physically, but I am feeling better mentally/emotionally. Mostly b/c I have these awesome athletes here who crack.me.up. Several of us went to run a 10K this morning. Nalani had a super day, winning her age group with a 1+ min PR, and Karen, who is training for Boston, was not far behind her in 2nd. When I saw them both on a little out and back toward the end (they were ahead of me) I pointed and smiled (that was all I could muster at the time) and felt like a very proud Mama. But better than the fact that they are good athletes is the fact that they are just super awesome fun people!

Anyway, I feel no need to share the story of my lack luster race and I am not dwelling on it b/c I've just been 'off' for the last few days so I just need to let it go and wait to feel better... No, the good part came during the photo shoot post race. Nalani was behind the camera and giving instructions to Karen and me to pretend to be different animals. The only one I could really do without just totally cracking up was the fish. Don't you think I look like a fish? Maybe not quite as good as Karen though. That would be the theme for the remainder of the photo shoot...


I don't know what we were supposed to be here?

 Laughing too hard to even try... Is she a prairie dog?

What are you doing on the ground?

One leg? I think she was pretending to be a flamingo.

You'd think maybe this one was a lion or a tiger or something but why so serious, Mama?

No wonder Karen is a better surfer than me. Clearly I do not have the correct form.

Tah Dah! Was that the best race report ever or what?

7 comments:

Molly said...

At least you guys had fun!!!! :-) Those photos are great!

Karen said...

I wish you could hear the chewing leaves sound of the giraffe pose and the chewing grass sound of the gopher pose. I really need to work with Nalani on her animal categories.

cherelli said...

Congrats to your athletes on a great race! Love those pics, though I gotta say Karen is waaay ahead of you in the animal pose department... :)

mtanner said...

Good job today! Way to keep your head up. Makes us hungry for more! And yes, yes, yes for what's on tap for next week. Long course training = HAPPINESS!!!

Regina said...

Hilarious! Nice to have people of like minded goofiness. Btw, the word on the street is you took third? That would be my best day scenario! Hope your feeling up to spec soon!

Running and living said...

So funny! And who cares about this little race, you are going to rock the important ones!

Clare said...

i'm jealous of your tan. heck, i'm jealous of the other girl's tan.