Subject: 200 miles, 24 hours, a thousand stories...
I can't believe it's over :( but this past weekend was the EMS Reach the Beach Relay and it was the best weekend I have had in a very long time! It was so amazing! Everything from meeting my team for the 2nd time ever and realizing that I had no idea what I was in store for, staying in a 3-floor condo type thing at Attitash the first night, living in a van for the following 2 days, to the smell of the vans at the end (oh my it was something special) was so amazing. I can't even describe it, but it was incredible.
I'm really excited now because I have running buddies- Lynn, Clare (Clare Bear!), Nick #2 (Gernt, or Nicky F***ing F***), Nick #1 (Swanson), Lynay, Megan, Rob, Barbara, Stephen, Andy, Marcelo... these people are awesome. I know I'm staying in touch with them for a long time! There were sooo many jokes and so many laughs from the whole weekend...
Andy: "I need toothpaste at the finish"- Us: "Let's give him a button, a knob off of the van radio, a toothpick, a tree branch, and your firstborne child."
Lynn: "Nick, don't turn around" Nick- "what? WHOA!"
Marcelo: "Helloooo... oh. I take that back... just Hi."
Lynn: "Andy, is this your bagel?" Andy: "Yeah (takes a bite)"
Lynn: "Lookin good... Lookin REAAALLLL good"
Clare: "I passed my husband!"
"Need to take a PRP?"
Nick: "I DESTROYED a port-a-potty at leg 32"
Text message-- Me: "We're having a naked party in our van!" Swanson: "Are you running that way? Cause it's getting cold out..."
"Hell with the beach... hand me a BEER!"
"I have nothing to offer but MUD, SWEAT, and BEERS!"
The crazy messy van
Sleeping on a hallway floor with like 200 other runners for 30 minutes
Port-o-Potties for 3400 runners... yum
Sharing beds on the first night with Nick, Megan, and Lynay... "I thought I told you to leave your vibrator at home!"
The underwear discussion...s (lol)
The longest running conversation all weekend (hahaha...)
Reaching the beach 32 hours later... with 11 new friends and hundreds of new memories!
The next best thing to spending all my time with them in the vans was opening my e-mail inbox today and finding 23 e-mails from all of them :) with pictures, inside jokes, stories, and awesomeness. I was so happy! And a little sad cause I miss them!
Best of all, this past weekend has really gotten me to realize what the important things are... that I need to stop staring at closed doors, see the good things that I have and run with them to make them great.
You know how these past 2 months have been awful?
Well this past weekend has changed EVERYTHING and I'm so happy.
I LOVE RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe it's over :( but this past weekend was the EMS Reach the Beach Relay and it was the best weekend I have had in a very long time! It was so amazing! Everything from meeting my team for the 2nd time ever and realizing that I had no idea what I was in store for, staying in a 3-floor condo type thing at Attitash the first night, living in a van for the following 2 days, to the smell of the vans at the end (oh my it was something special) was so amazing. I can't even describe it, but it was incredible.
I'm really excited now because I have running buddies- Lynn, Clare (Clare Bear!), Nick #2 (Gernt, or Nicky F***ing F***), Nick #1 (Swanson), Lynay, Megan, Rob, Barbara, Stephen, Andy, Marcelo... these people are awesome. I know I'm staying in touch with them for a long time! There were sooo many jokes and so many laughs from the whole weekend...
Andy: "I need toothpaste at the finish"- Us: "Let's give him a button, a knob off of the van radio, a toothpick, a tree branch, and your firstborne child."
Lynn: "Nick, don't turn around" Nick- "what? WHOA!"
Marcelo: "Helloooo... oh. I take that back... just Hi."
Lynn: "Andy, is this your bagel?" Andy: "Yeah (takes a bite)"
Lynn: "Lookin good... Lookin REAAALLLL good"
Clare: "I passed my husband!"
"Need to take a PRP?"
Nick: "I DESTROYED a port-a-potty at leg 32"
Text message-- Me: "We're having a naked party in our van!" Swanson: "Are you running that way? Cause it's getting cold out..."
"Hell with the beach... hand me a BEER!"
"I have nothing to offer but MUD, SWEAT, and BEERS!"
The crazy messy van
Sleeping on a hallway floor with like 200 other runners for 30 minutes
Port-o-Potties for 3400 runners... yum
Sharing beds on the first night with Nick, Megan, and Lynay... "I thought I told you to leave your vibrator at home!"
The underwear discussion...s (lol)
The longest running conversation all weekend (hahaha...)
Reaching the beach 32 hours later... with 11 new friends and hundreds of new memories!
The next best thing to spending all my time with them in the vans was opening my e-mail inbox today and finding 23 e-mails from all of them :) with pictures, inside jokes, stories, and awesomeness. I was so happy! And a little sad cause I miss them!
Best of all, this past weekend has really gotten me to realize what the important things are... that I need to stop staring at closed doors, see the good things that I have and run with them to make them great.
You know how these past 2 months have been awful?
Well this past weekend has changed EVERYTHING and I'm so happy.
I LOVE RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!
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