I had a most interesting 5K on Saturday night.
It was actually kinda crazy but mostly fun. “Fun at a 5K?!” you ask. Yup, it’s possible.
It was truly interesting. At the Nation Night Run, it’s not about the run. I’ll tell you about it.
I met A there, and we checked in. On the way to the start line, I introduced her to an old friend from back in the D-Days named vodka-Red Bull.
We then went to the starting line. Many of you know that I’m bad carrying liquids because I walk like a troll. That’s not the case when I’m “out”. For whatever reason, when I’m holding an adult beverage and I’m walking quickly, not a drop spills.
One look at my shirt will tell you that is definitely not case when drinking while moving fast. But I can definitely run while holding my drink.
Eventually, we got to the first music station. There was a DJ there, and we just danced in the crazy lighting.
Eventually, we left and went further on the course. Now the course was interesting. It was at Canterbury. We started on the horse track, but being less lazy than horses, we kept going, eventually running around the stables and various machine shops.
We went to another dance station. The whole 5K took a long time – possibly two hours (I wasn’t tracking time, and there was not a running chip in our numbers).
Well, at the third dancing station, I got a Saga, A got an EPA. THEN WE DANCED.
Okay, we kept going after a while, and then there were outhouses along the course…. with a 20 minute line! (For those who don’t normally run 5Ks, they usually take around 30 minutes and have no outhouses/booze)
We finally got to the end, where there was a giant after party. We stayed and danced there until it was over. A was jumping around like a maniac. I was getting tired and starting to question my usual bottomless, youthful energy.
It wasn’t until the second to the last song that I realized the problem. The music they were playing all night was mostly electronic techno. Basically pop songs with a techno remix.
I thought I was a tired old man….. But then they played Roxane by The Police, and I was spazzing around like my normal self. It turns out that Iwas not slowing down because I was low on energy, but I was slowing down because of my age. Apparently, I prefer good music.
