Big race today - the Merkel Wedding Mile on Southport Island in Maine. After hitting snooze for an hour, I finally dragged myself out of bed about 8 minutes before the start (not exaggerating). We had about 30 runners line up to run the "mile" loop. Toni (wearing my teva sandals) took it out quick, but only made it a tenth of a mile before collapsing on the side of the road (the boat cruise was a fun night). It was down to Big Cat Brett and I after a quarter. I put some distance on him by halfway, knowing that I couldn't let it come down to a kick... his hair is longer than mine, a huge advantage over the last 100 meters. The watch buzzed as I came through the mile (5:43) but the finish was still far away (stupid surprise 2K races!). I was able to hold on for another minute and break the tape for my first win of the season!
I am slighty embarrassed to say this, but I was absolutely gassed by the end... my lungs were burning for a good 15 minutes. Andrea and I ran another 4 miles after the race. We figured we should cool down since we completely missed warming up.
PM - 3 miles. Wanted to run the full 4.6 miles to the lighthouse and back, but my legs were wrecked from the morning.
The #LukeandAnneLongRun wedding was perfection.
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