Indy Mini Marathon

Saturday was the Indianapolis 500 mini marathon in (of all places) Indianapolis. It is the largest mini marathon in the nation with 35,000 participants and I, naturally, won the race! Exciting news, no? Yep, I ran the entire 13.1 mile race in (are you ready for this?) an hour and five minutes.

You may congratulate me now. And shower me with praises, roses, and/or cash.

I ran my little heart out to come in at 1:05.08. That's a crazy good time. Here is the official photo of my finish.

http://www.500festival.com/news/two-new-faces-finish-first-2012-oneamerica-500-festival-mini-marathon

I'm the one in the middle, raising my arms in victory. You've always pictured me to be a slightly doughy Midwestern woman with an aversion to physical work, haven't you? To that I say HA! I'm actually a very toned twenty-seven year old man from Kenya with seriously jazzy running shoes. My shoes matched my running shirt because I'm all about being fashionable when I run.

And I totally rocked this race.

No. Not really. The photo is of George Towett, the real winner. He totally rocked this race. Good job George! He reads my blog, you know. Faithfully. Every day.

No. Not really. I'm not big in Kenya. Or Kentucky where George now lives.

This year I had several friends running in the mini. I'm not sure why.

Did they not realize that the race is 13.1 miles long? Didja hear me, people? Thirteen point one miles. Miles, people, miles. How could all of my friends have overlooked this fact? It truly boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Let me be blunt: I don't even like to ride in the car for 13.1 miles and 35,000 people ran or walked this distance Saturday. On purpose.

Know what I think? I think 35,000 people were high this weekend in Indianapolis.

Obviously.

All kidding aside, I would like to give a sincere congratulations to every person who walked, ran, wheeled or mamboed their way across the finish line on Saturday. My hat is off to you all. 13.1 miles is incredibly impressive.

Who knows? Perhaps next year I will be one of the 35,000 participants showing off major running skills, a perfectly toned bod and snazzy shoes that match my shirt.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Pin It Now!