RACE-Y: Boy, have we been busy.
Saturday morning, we were up bright and early, and headed to Magnuson Park, in the northeast part of town, on the shore of Lake Washington.
What drove us to that destination? Why, the Lard Butt 1K.
OK, OK, so it's not the most arduous 'fitness' event. But it might have been the most fun. CJ desperately wanted to join when I read him an ad about it, so we signed him and Christian up. Annabelle and I cheered from the sidelines. (And can I say, the walk from where we parked to the car was MUCH farther than the 1K event!)
There were probably a couple of thousand people on site, many wearing humorous costumes.
The next waves were all "waddlers," or people walking the 'race.' There were three donut stations on the 'race' course, to help people find a way to finish.
Christian and CJ (pictured below), availed themselves to donuts at each stop.
Out of nowhere, Godzilla showed up and started chasing waddlers.
CJ gave T-Rex and Godzilla high fives at the finish line.
Any time you enter a local or regional running event, you tend to feel very athletic, ready to run a 5K and lose some weight. The same cannot be said for the Lard Butt 1K, which is a running (read: waddling) event, which, according to the website, is dedicated to the below-average athlete and weekend warrior in all of us. The Lard Butt 1K is intended to be an opposite to most other running events, with water stations being replaced by donut stations and having a beer garden in the event area. The participants in the event were divided into 3 primary categories: The "show-offs," or people who would actually run the 1K; the "Legends," people who weighed over 250 pounds (self identified), and "waddlers," or people who didn't fit into any other category. In the "race," you are less likely to sweat while running throughout a long race, and more likely to sweat while wolfing down donuts.
The Lard Butt 1K is great fun for any wannabe weekend warrior, and I would, in all seriousness, recommend visiting the next Lard Butt 1K.
Random note from the race site, out of nowhere, right in the middle of it, a parks worker in a city vehicle showed up, driving through the crowd. I didn't understand why he would be driving through the middle of a race, and thought it super dangerous, with people of all ages walking in all directions, everywhere.
I guess he changed his mind about where he was going, because at one point he backed up and SMACK right into a big park sign HARD. Sure glad it wasn't a person or one of the many pets on site. Geez.
Eventually an organizer went over to him and obviously asked him WTH?!
After the 'race,' we took some time to explore a little bit of the park, a great site, and we don't get out there often.
BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR: Friday night, we drove down to Kent in order to see an elementary school's production of Annie, Jr. I'll let Annabelle tell you more about it.
This year, my brother Rick’s school did a rendition of the play “Annie” for their annual school play. The students did a great job acting and they were very good at singing. I thought the voices were recorded, because they were so good! The play had five scenes and there was one song per scene on average. The play was very well done even though it was short. I can’t wait for next year!
TIS THE SEASON: June means graduation for man. Saturday, Christian's niece had her college graduation party. Christian and CJ headed to Portland for the fun, while Annabelle and I stayed home and held down the fort.
We did send some sugar their way, though, in the form of cookies in shapes that held some significance to her.
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