What a fantastic carrot!

Blimey it was cold out....I drove to the boat yard to collect some friends from a neighboring boat at 0630 It was absolutely frigid out side and as I have mentioned before, we had entered into another running event. This one out on Tybee Island. There was 5 of us entered, 3 of us to tackle the 13 mile half marathon and 2 to do the 5km run that was all happening on this very cold February morning. I don't know if I have mentioned it, but it was not warm at all!! However the spirits were high and as per usual the camera was along for the ride.

Mark Ray and myself chose the absolutely perfect carrot, who, not only met all other requirements of a "carrot" (see entry entitled "Carrots and Beer" Dec 06) she also had lots of friends around the course cheering her on. This had the added benefit for us of enjoying a boost at regular intervals from her mostly female fan club. Gretchen, has to go down as the best carrot ever! Ray, Mark and myself all ran the complete course together (just behind Gretchen) and even found the energy for an impressive sprint finish. With our training limited to a few laps around the park and the never ending, stairs in our work place, we were all very happy with our joint finishing time of 1 hour 58 minutes...

The date with Debs hot tub was not possible, as she was busy showing her house to prospective buyers. She did however, stand out in the cold and give us a cheer as we passed by her front garden. so instead of the hot tub, we all went back into town and ate bacon and eggs instead.. Yummy.