Kickin' off 2008 RIGHT!

Remember a few days ago, my to-do list included shopping for a dress for a 5K? Well, today was that 5K. The Hair of the Dog 5K here in VB.

The Hair of the Dog is just in its second year, but Zach and I have run it both years and there have been great turn-outs both years. It's a lot of fun! The best part is the Formalwear division of the race. The idea is "come in what you wore to the party last night." So a lot of people raid their closets for those old prom dresses, or hit up the thrift stores for that gaudy 80s homecoming dress, and throw 'em on over running shorts and a sports bra and there's much silliness to be had. There's a lot of people people too who said "well, I didn't go out last night, but I still want to run in 'what I wore last night'" and ran in flannel (or other printed) jammies. Last year they dubbed themselves The Pajama Mamas.

I sweet-talked Zach into running it in the Formalwear division last year, after we'd just gotten engaged, and this year we just had to run it again as newlyweds. Mom ran it too, with her running buddy. They joined the ranks of the Pajama Mamas, and Zach and I dressed up in formalwear again.

Zach just wore dress clothes. I found a white dress at the thrift store, and just had to cut it along a side vent to make it open enough to run in. We added a ribbon from my flowers to my headband to give me something white in my hair. I even carried one of my leftover bridesmaids' boquets! Yes, I did carry for the whole 3.1 miles! :) We added signs to ourselves too. Bride, Groom, and Mother of the Bride (we should have made one for Ms. D too - "I'm with the wedding party" or some such). We got a lot of 'congratulations' along the course, and they made an announcement for us during the awards ceremony! Fun way to start things off! It was the first time we've done anything as a married couple with any group of people other than family :)

For times, Zach and I both felt out of shape, but considering how much else has been taking up our time the past month, I'm not surprised. I think I've run about 4 times since Thanksgiving. Wedding planning takes up a lot of time! Who'd'a thought? At any rate, I wasn't as out of shape as I thought I was. At least, my time wasn't too far off my usual time (actually pretty close); I just felt more out of shape than usual for running that distance in that time. Well, it'll give me something to work on in 2008, right? What would a New Year's be without resolutions?