While most of us were glued to our television sets last night watching the super bowl ( except for me, I was working on my articles for the "How To" magazine, although I did take a brief break to watch Katy Perry at half time.), our running friend Lois was busy scrolling through the hundreds of unclaimed photos from Marathon Foto.
Apparently some of her race photos from marathon weekend in Disney were not showing up in her account. In any race where Marathon Foto is there taking pictures, if you have photos that are "missing" you are encouraged to look through the "unclaimed" photos file. Believe me there are hundreds and sometimes thousands of "unclaimed" photos of runners. An unclaimed photo is essentially a photo were they can not identify the runner because their race bib may not have been properly showing. This could be because another runner was in front of them ( don't you hate when that happens? Especially when you are running a Disney race and you are going for that perfect shot running through the castle and another runner cuts you off? That is frustrating.), or perhaps your bib just wasn't on straight or Marathon Foto caught you at the wrong angle. What ever the case, you are now considered "Unclaimed" .
After hours of searching through the "unclaimed" folder to see if she could find her lost race pictures Lois had come to a few conclusions and I thought they were so funny that I asked her to share them here. Here goes:
Because I am crabby after hours of looking at marathon photo, I have come to a couple conclusions:
1. Jeans, no matter how cold the temps, should never be worn to a race. It is just wrong on so many levels.
2. Never in any race should 8 or 9 people be holding hands across the race course. I don't care if you are there with a group, it just shouldn't ever happen.
3. It was cold at the 5K, but I'm not sure it was parka cold, with a scarf and a hood..
4. If you are going to dress as Cruella De Vil, do your research. She never got the Dalmatian coat. But if you must add the spots to your costume, make sure they are Dalmatian spots and not a cow print.
5. If you dress as Donald Duck, orange calf sleeves are just wrong, wrong, wrong. He has yellow legs, yellow feet and a white butt. He doesn't do orange.
Thank you Lois for making us laugh while educating us on proper race attire!