blogiversary/l.a. leggers: 1 mile

There is no better way to start off this post other than by saying Happy Blogiversary…to me!! A year ago today, I posted my very first blog entry, and I can’t believe I’m still writing a year later. I certainly have had fun with my silly little running journal, and I can’t wait to see what the next year has in store. I’m going to drink me a couple ‘o’ pints of Guinness and call it a day!

So on that note, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! And yes, I’m breaking out these green gems to wear just like I did a year ago:

That’s if I decide to venture outside. It’s raining and chilly and windy and I don’t want to leave my place again. Today that is. I already ventured out once this morning when I went out to run the celebratory 1 mile with the LA Leggers. It’s LA Marathon Eve and we run 1 mile and have a guest speaker come in and scare the shit out of people running their 1st marathon give a pep talk to all those participating in the race. This year we had Jimmy Dean Freeman from Coyote Running.

People came out in droves!

Jimmy Dean actually spoke at last year’s final day, but I wasn’t able to attend due to a prior engagement. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I was about to miss today’s meet-up as well because a colleague and I were planning to do the LA Marathon’s 5K.

Well, turns out a little thing called rain deterred him. Wait. Let me be clearer. The rain deterred him because he’s a newbie and really didn’t feel like having his first 5K be cold, wet, and miserable. I honestly can’t blame him. He did drink heavily train hard for the past month to prepare for it, but the conditions just weren’t up to par for him. He didn’t train for rain. But I really was aiming to run the 5K with or without him…until I was convinced to attend the final official run with my group…and I’m so happy I went!!

After Jimmy Dean’s talk, I got to see a few people I haven’t chatted with in a very long while. I rarely speak to my friendly baseball nemesis, Doyle, and that’s not because I try to avoid Yankee fans, but because he’s in a different pace group, and I try to avoid Yankee fans. 😉 I kid.

Good Luck in the LA Marathon, Doyle!

Which team is Doyle secretly hoping wins the World Series this season??

I also got to chat with Mentor Glenn for a bit even though I’ve run with him fairly often this season. It was kinda weird seeing him with his shirt on, but then again, it was cold and rainy outside.

Good Luck in the LA Marathon, Glenn!

Before I had to leave, I wanted to get a photo with my virtual friend Jimmy Dean Freeman. He was quite popular, but that’s understandable. He was our guest speaker and he’s an all-around very cool guy. He was already talking with a fellow runner and I was next in line. So I patiently waited a few minutes until they were done. And then they were done, and someone jumped in my place. Rats!

That was when the funnies happened. I decided to get my photo with Jimmy Dean regardless. The first photo we took together, Jimmy Dean had his eyes closed, so we needed to take another one…

But this next one, we I tried to make it one of those silly fake laugh photos, as if we I just heard the most funniest outrageous joke in the world!

HA HA HA HA Oh that’s so funny. HA HA HA!

I’ve already been waiting for a few minutes, and then I realized I had about 5 minutes remaining on the parking meter and the Santa Monica Parking Enforcement Task Force would be in full swing enforcing their parking. The only problem was Jimmy Dean was still being chatted up by the person who jumped in. My gawd, how much longer was this going to take? I just wanted a quick photo.

I patiently waited for a few more minutes, and then it came down to 1 minute before the Santa Monica Parking Enforcement Commando would be enforcing their parking!

She!!! Doesn’t want a parking ticket!

I must say this photo above made me laugh so hard! Call it perfect timing on the part of my sister’s picture taking skills.

And then I got my photo with Jimmy Dean and I totally forgot about the Santa Monica Parking Enforcement Squad.

We chatted for a few minutes and then as I was leaving I had to take a quick photo with my friend Wendy who is seriously ready for the marathon.

Good Luck in the LA Marathon, Wendy!

Just like last year, I will be on the course spectating and cheering for all those awesome people running and walking their way through the streets of LA. Tomorrow’s weather forecast is supposed to look a little like this:

Oh, and today’s run…the 1 mile didn’t happen. At least for me it didn’t. Some people did their mile before our guest speaker and the plan was to run after the talk, but then the rain hit harder, and I didn’t really want to get squishy socks. Of course, I did run. I ran all the way to the car and maybe it was the Luck of the Irish, but, no parking ticket. 🙂

May those LA Marathoners have that luck tomorrow!

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