Over Halloween weekend we decided to do the Wicked races by J and A Racing. My mom and sister
drove down for a visit. This time they brought two Labradors
with them. Since it was off season at the beach, we thought it would be fun for
the dogs to go in the ocean and run in the sand. The day after the Wicked 10K
the local SPCA was sponsoring a Pup Cake 5K run in which the dogs would be
participating in. Looks like everyone was going to get a chance to run this
weekend!
Unfortunately, right before we left for the expo on Friday, we got notification
that the Pup Cake 5k run on Sunday was going to be cancelled. They said the
weather report looked bad. Something about a storm called hurricane Sandy was
suppose to make an appearance! So I guess the four legged creatures would not
be running this weekend after all. They
would have to get their running done out on the beach later this afternoon. So we
do finally make it to the Race expo inside the VA Beach convention center to
pick up our race packets and goodie bag. Since this is considered a smaller race, the
expo was not nearly as large as the ones at Disney or the Rock n-Roll that we
attended last month. You could probably look at everything you needed to in
about 20 minutes. We finished up at the
expo and then headed to the beach with our dogs.
Our Labradors love the beach. |
The Wicked 10k is a J&A series race. J&A puts on many
local runs in Virginia Beach including the Surfin Santa, Crawlin Crab, Virginia
is for Lovers 14K, and Shamrock Marathon. This one especially, was a fun run. People
dress up in costumes since it's over Halloween weekend. You can even win prizes
for great costumes. People even ran as teams in costumes. This one was one of
our favorites:
Can you see one of our dogs in the background? |
I woke up in the morning and it was
a bit chilly and windy. I wore my compression capri pants and my Wicked 10k
shirt, with another long sleeve tech shirt on underneath. Walking to the
Convention Center, I thought I should have switched my capri pants out for long
pants. During the race, I'm glad I had my capris on, and should've gone with
only one of the long sleeve shirts. It got much warmer throughout the day, even
though it stayed pretty windy.
That's me, right in front of the bumble bee! |
My sister made me this great sign. |
After the 10K was over, my
sister joined me for another fun run called The Monster Mile! This race started on 21st
street, down Atlantic ave to 27th street then up the boardwalk to the finish
line on 20th street. Usually this race has a fun
after party at the beach with bands. But due to the weather we had to enjoy the
festivities inside the convention center. The race was sponsored by Blue Moon
and Bakers Crust. Everyone one that participated in either of the races got a
free Blue Moon and some chili in a bread bowl.
It was a good after race snack (our dogs thought so too)!
This was the start of the Monster Mile. The finish line was on the boardwalk. It was the same finish line as the 10K. |
This is the Wicked 10K medal for 2012. |
This is the Monster Mile medal for 2012. |
Here is a picture of the sign for my Pupcake run that we never got to do!
Belle was really looking forward to her race. |
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