After a successful (and fast, might I add) Elvis is Alive 5k, it was time to sit on the grass, drink a 312, listen to an Elvis tribute band and mutter repeatedly “How gorgeous is it out tonight?” because it really, really was.
High five to Fleet Feet Sports for putting on another great race- these people know how it’s done and the Elvis is Alive 5k is one for the books.
Well, I don’t know if he’s really alive but Fleet Feet has a 5k that is “more fun than a honeymoon in Vegas” (their words, not mine).
I impluse signed up for the Elvis is Alive 5k strictly because I think it is going to be hilarious. When I tweeted this, Fleet Feet responded by asking if I was going to dress up. Dress up?!? Don’t tease a girl with the opportunity to play into a theme but dressing up for an Elvis-inspired road race? I have no idea where I would even start.
Suggestions welcome.
Registration is still open, btw- sign up and be a part of the hunka-hunka burnin’ run here.
An hour and thirty-seven minutes later and I completed the Soldier Field 10 Miler by sprinting on to Soldier Field to cross the finish line at the 50 yard line. Running through the tunnel onto the open field, people cheering and hearing the announcer say my name was one of the coolest experiences- short of being in the NFL, who gets to do that?!? Goal Line Glory, indeed!
Not one to be left out of the action, Luna Bell experienced her own Goal Line Glory the second we got home by taking a nap on the new stadium blanket we received at the conclusion of the race. Tough life that cat has.
While picking up our Solider Field 10-Miler race packets at Fleet Feet, I spotted this sign. While I don’t entirely with this statement (color always plays a decent part in my running shoe selection process), if I was planning on buying shoes today strictly based on how obnoxiously awesome they were colored, I totally would have bought these:
A bit nervous for tomorrow (I haven’t been running anywhere near 10 miles recently) but getting my first race of the season under my belt and finishing on the 50-yard line of Soldier Field is going to be all sorts of awesome. Ready to rock!