bj's and bourbon...epic

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here’s my race report from the chicago marathon-oct 9/11. only, it wasn’t a race. it was a long long run with a lot of fun along the way. my friend,e, from nyc, flew to chicago, hung out w me and ran every single step of the way beside me. for fun.for friendship.for me? yeah. pretty cool.

my guns

 the pics attest that i stuck to my guns-didn’t wear a watch, had fun, drank beer, posed for goofy pictures, talked about sex, and swore like a sailor. i haven’t looked at my splits or my exact finish time – even now a month later. i don’t care. if you do, go look them up. don’t tell me.


in a nutshell (all of this was tweet-cast by e as we ran, including the pics)

getting going

we got up, went to the coral and ran when the horn went off. i wasn’t wearing a watch but with all those people around with their goal times on their backs, i had a pretty good idea of how we were doing for time. (ok…as an aside – i rarely say my goal out loud if i’m racing, i’d never wear one of those things…seems like a target on my back would just be too much…but hey, whatever floats your boat, eh).

cruising

we ran a 3:45 pace til mile 14…i must say i love love love downhills. it was so much fun to see B (@Gemini_Runner) come up beside us at mile 12, looking perky and cute as a button as she gave us a gorgeous smile and waved bye when she got back on her speedy pace.

i wasn’t struggling, we were still goofing around – taking pics of people’s butts and commenting on signs. i snuck in a pee break beside a portapotty that was chained shut. whatevs. i did a  mid-air hover squat (yeah-good muscles, babe) and popped back on course.  (very important strategic detail)

From mile 14 to mile 20 – legs were tired. this doesn’t usually happen to me until mile 24 so that took me by surprise. ah well, who gives a fuck – decided to keep being goofy.grabbed elvis' hand and had a photo opp., jumped on stage in china town and was on tv.

hot and heavy

mile 20--it’s where the real test begins i’m told. quads were burning.i walked every water station at first, then both water and gatoraid stations, then just some plain walking…at mile 23 – beer shots.really – why not? such nice people giving it out. i think e wanted bourbon instead– that chick is mofo badass. At mile 24 i told e, that running a marathon for fun, doesn’t make it any shorter..and who the fuck runs that far for fun. us and a bunch of other wierdos i guess. at mile 25 i told e, i’m not running boston this april. she said we don’t talk about the next one right now.fine. be that way.

mile 26-i want to walk the rest of the way. e refuses and says she’ll drag me across. i listen and run.

we make it. we get beer, ice on legs and lie in the sun.blessed&blissed.

beer shots at mile 23

After more beer in charity village, we walk over to cheer on the 6+hour marathoners. they amaze me. so much time on their feet. so determined. yeah…it was a great great race.

Ok, ok. so that was a bigger nut than i’d thought. but i like nuts. what else is new?

bj’s from mile 17 to mile 20

yeah.blow job talk. you got it. it all started with musings about ice on your hoohaw during sex-pros, cons…then about the use of ice for bjs…with liquid, or not…then we went to the warm liquid route…i had to share about the velvet tongue effect i’d heard about…e had to warn me off using certain liquids which can apparently sting…then we talked about breasts (e has a thing for them) and on and on we went…

one of our twitter friends had held up a sign that said DO EPIC SHIT earlier in the race and i’d recognized the sign. There she was again at mile 18 with the same sign. This time we made eye contact and she saw e and i. she said we looked pretty peppy…well now you know why.

runners are for real

before the race on friday and saturday, e & i mostly hung out in the uber cool and fun company of josh & jenn with a drop-by superhug from ken. at the expo we ran into lisa, lori and mo. after the race, the 4 of us hung out with josepha, mark, patrick, stef, and lisa with a quick hug and butt grab-fest with marci, bojana, and elyssa. at the bar we met up with shawn, heather, jesse, ken and patrick from all the way from the UK. (pics below)


i can't begin to thank all the friends from all over the US and Canada who cheered us on that day..and in fact, they are there almost daily to laugh, or lend a shoulder to lean on. thank you. who said the virtual world can't be real? i so so love having you in my life. for reals,yo.


MORE PIX AT THE END>>>

the blow by bloy - Nyce’s live tweet cast from Chicago Marathon 2011

NYCe NYCe

who is ready for a little tweet & run for 26.2 miles? will be tweeting the #CM11 live. enjoy the journey with @runnrgrl & I.

first pix of the day: @runnrgrl & I the corral. we are a bit matchy! yfrog.com/nt9q5lej

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view from the corral. 40k+ people #CM11 @runnrgrl yfrog.com/kk230zej

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we are off!

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yfrog.com/nwxoqyj thru 2 miles. crowds are great. sewers are stinky. @runnrgrl is smiling

4 miles down. shade is nice. road thinning. we are moving & joking. @runnrgrl

10k down. @runnrgrl just gave me a good ass grab. running north.

sexiest outfit this far. dude on right. hot. yfrog.com/nz6d0tvj

off lakeshore drive. boring stretch. back into fun zone. near mile 8. @runnrgrl

past mile 10. hanging with 3:45 group. sedgwick st. is gorgeous!

just ran with @Gemini_Runner she looks amazing!!!! (right around 12 miles)

yfrog.com/ocu7fjj running down Franklin St. at 20k mark. almost halfway!!!

and we are 13.1 miles in!!! send @runnrgrl lots of cheers & smiles!!!

25k baby!!!! @runnrgrl just took a dissolved salt tablet dry. amusing.

just saw "run 4 beer" sign. can someone make a "run 4 bourbon" for NYC? @runnrgrl

@jenn_if_er go Jenn!!!! (me & S)

@sitbones I need to work on reading tweets & running. :) we are cruising. thanks for the love fern. @runnrgrl

what's with the "worst parade ever" signs? never seen 'em. kind of hate them. @runnrgrl

mile 17 & @runnrgrl and I are talking about sex. a very serious race for us. hehe.

yfrog.com/nviyowj heading back toward the city. beautiful day although a wee hot. @runnrgrl

this one's for @SpeedySasquatch at mile 18, my boobs are sitting pretty. I knew you might be wondering. :)

30k!!!! running near a guy wearing leather sandals. reallly????

Chicago crowds are awesome this year. good music too. just thru 21. homestretch!!

we are in Chinatown. @runnrgrl with the dragons. yfrog.com/num99jj

I'm getting hungry!!!! right around 22.5 miles. name my post-race chi-town meal!!!

made a friend at the last aid station. his height made it a bit hard to converse. @runnrgrl yfrog.com/j2zafij

beers at mile 23 yfrog.com/nvbw4dbj @runnrgl

@SpeedySasquatch we are past 24. where are you?

closing in on mile 25.... give @runnrgrl all your love & energy!

yfrog.com/nv8koxsj and we are done!!!! thanks for coming on our journey. medal pic to come. @runnrgrl

while @runnrgrl was doing yfrog.com/nt25869311j

I was doing this yfrog.com/h6600pgj

and this is the fab babe now yfrog.com/nvzqbamj @ultramyron @Runs4Coffee

have to do a blanket thank you to all who followed, encouraged and enjoyed the #CM11 adventure @runnrgrl and I went on today. TY's to come.

@runnrgrl all your tweets are making me smile. glad I could be right by your side tweeting, dousing you with water & getting ass grabs. :)