William & Mary 5K, Dress Shopping, and Football

Saturday morning Sean and I ran the William & Mary Homecoming 5K, another one of the Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix races. We met our friend Audrey there who was running with us, and then Jami, who wasn't supposed to run but decided to run after already doing 10 miles that morning.

It was a warm fall morning, mid 60's with a little drizzling rain, but the race went well considering. I still didn't break 23 minutes, although I was closer than the last race, running 23:08. I still have at least one more 5K this season so hopefully I'll break 23 then. Sean's time was faster than last year and I think he had a lot of fun, whether he'll admit it or not. I ended up getting 2nd in the 20-29 age group, with first place beating me by 2 seconds. I did however "clinch" first place in the CRR Grand Prix for the 20-29 age group for the year. With one race left for the year I have enough of a lead, so this makes me excited.

Audrey and I after the race

The race was supporting Colonial Greyhound Adoption. They had a Halloween costume contest for the dogs. Below are two of the contestants. The lady bug won.

This one was my favorite

The winner

Wearing my 2nd place medal and Jami with her flowers and trophy for third overall

After running, I went home and quickly showered and then I went wedding dress shopping with Jami. She was nice enough to help me shop for my dress, and had asked me to go help her shop. We had a lot of fun, especially with our extremely annoying sales associate that was driving us crazy.

When we were finished shopping, we went home relaxed (ie. I took an hour nap) and then Sean and I picked Jami up (it was a day filled with Jami!), and went over to our friends Janelle and Katherine's house. We watched (ie. had a drink and ate chips) the Penn State game and played Imaginiff.

Janelle, Jami and Audrey

Janelle, Jami and Audrey

Audrey and I

Jami & Audrey

Jami, Audrey and I

Sean was ready to go home

It was a very busy day but a fun day. We got home around 1 am and today I slept until noon, so it was wonderful.

Now I should probably do something useful, especially considering it's 70+ today and I'm wasting the day inside.