I did it! I got in! I am officially running my very first half marathon this April. Yesterday was the day to sign up for the Race to Robie Creek and I wasn't even sure if I'd get in. This race is a very popular race and everyone is signing up for it. It took us about a half an hour to get into register and I was super excited. One of the questions they ask you when you sign up is "What color blue are you?" I picked baby blue. We also purchased a bus pass for Mark to go up and cheer me on at the finish line. He'll be able to chill out and eat and such while waiting for the ambulance to pick me up!
Damon and Jamie are running this race as well and we all got in! The registration was closed 51 minutes after it opened. Whew! I cannot even express how excited I am to do this. I will have a few races inbetween that I will do but none that even come close to this. I am officially starting training today. I know, I know, you should train for a race of this magnatude a lot sooner but nonetheless I am going to do this. Eating healthy, running, P90X, this is what I'll be doing until the big day.
This is my brother's favorite race and I had heard about it even before I moved here. I have copied from the website some info on the race. It sounds like it is going to be a blast. I also have copied from my email, (Damon, Jamie, and I were emailing back and forth before regisration and after), here is how they went:
Damon: Today at noon Cara signs up to be a sailtoad!! Congrats Cara!
Damon: CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY WE GOT IN!!!
I just checked to see if there were still people trying to log in and found that Robie Creek was sold out and closed in only 51 minutes this year.
That might be a new record.
Great job now that the exciting part of registering is over, we can now once again prepare ourselves for the Daunting task of trying to rationalize why we would ever want to run 8.5 miles straight up the side of a mountain J
This is going to be GREAT!!!
Jamie: Come on Damon….you make it sound bad, there are donuts, cigars and shots of tequila at the top……what more do you want from life? ; )
Damon: That is true and one shot of tequila is all you need to get completely snockered after the climb. I took mine from a guy wearing a coconut bra and speedo’s last time. HE WAS CUTE!!!
Not sure what to think of that Damon! :)
Here is some interesting race info:
The moon and stars no longer shine,
the dream is gone I thought was mine.
There’s nothing left for me to do
but cr-hi-iiiiy over youyou
got me singin’ the blues.
Robie Creek, the Blue Period, is paying tribute to Pablo Picasso. In his early twenties,
the young Pablo began to tint his paintings a pale, cold blue. The color blue, deep and cold, signified the misery
and despair he felt at that time in his life. This was his blue period. He painted with sincerity about suffering and
he believed blue was the perfect color to express his feelings. Over time, there have been many other artists who
have used the color blue to express both great sadness and great joy. The color blue is cool and calm; it is strong
and steadfast, or light and friendly. There are many shades of blue.
The Rocky Canyon Sailtoads are currently feeling a little blue. They are feeling the effects of the recession,
including loss of jobs. They are feeling blue over the loss of their retirement funds. They are feeling fat and
wish they had trained harder. They are feeling those donuts and beer they consumed last night. Blue is a good
color to describe them right now.
On Blueberry Hill: This course is the toughest 13.1 miles in the Northwest. The race begins at Fort Boise Community
Center, starts climbing on Shaw Mountain Road, continues the climb through Rocky Canyon until you
reach Aldape Summit. Then it begins a steep, bone-jarring descent into the Robie Creek drainage and along Robie
Creek Road to the finish. The road will be closed early, no early starts permitted!
Nothin’ but blue skies from now on
