{"id":862,"date":"2011-10-30T03:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T03:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=862"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:56:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:56:35","slug":"2011-tulsa-run-15k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"2011 Tulsa Run 15K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday I ran in the 34th Tulsa Run 15K Race<\/span><\/b><\/a>. It was my 18th. It is the one race that I never miss.<\/p>\n

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One of these days my streak is going to break. Oh well, a year at a time. Over the 18 years I am on my third generation of co-runners. It seems people start running in their late 20’s or so and do it for about five or six years before getting bored with it and quitting. I intend to run for as long as I can.<\/p>\n

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We used to have a large contingent of Army guys  from Fort Sill that would run in formation and chant. That was cool, especially downtown when their chants would echo off the buildings. They have been in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting for us. Today we had the guy above and a few soldiers. However a unit of the Air National Guard based out of Tulsa, the 138th Fighter Wing, participated in a 15K race in Iraq<\/span><\/a> that went on at  the same time as the Tulsa event. About 600 airmen from the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron participated in the race. It’s going to be an emotional day for many when our troops will be home and can run in the race again.<\/p>\n

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We had a fireman who ran the whole race in his bunker gear. Tough guy in my book.<\/p>\n

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And a girl with a balloon tied to her hair.<\/p>\n

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And some ladies with Tutus.<\/p>\n

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There were about 3860 finishers in the race.<\/p>\n

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Off they went. It took me about three minutes to get to the start line.<\/p>\n

This is a long post. I don’t want you to miss the hero of he race. At least she is my hero. This lady had a sign on her back that said that she was nine months pregnant and today was her official due date.<\/p>\n

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I ran up to her and asked if it were true and she said yes.<\/p>\n

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Here she is, running 9.3 miles on her due date with a big smile on her face. I sprinted on ahead. I didn’t want to be the one to deliver her baby. For one thing where would I get boiled water?<\/p>\n

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The only thing worse than having to use a portapotty on a race course is waiting in a line to use the portapotty.  I learned early on in my racing career to not “carbo load” the night before a race on lots and lots of pasta. Unless of course you want to spend part of the race waiting to use a portapotty.<\/p>\n

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We had several bands along the route. All of them good.<\/p>\n

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I loved this girl’s nice socks. If I ran in something like that I’d get laughed at. Of course they laugh at me anyway, but that is another story.<\/p>\n

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This dude (it’s a dude, shaved legs and all) wore sandals.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know who the striped guy is.<\/p>\n

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Batman and Robin<\/p>\n

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Some witches.<\/p>\n

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And Fred, Shaggy, and Daphne from Scooby Doo.<\/p>\n

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Lots and lots of people<\/p>\n

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The loop de loop over Riverside Drive.<\/p>\n

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Nice thing about running races is that you can just throw your cup down at the water stops. I love that.<\/p>\n

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This was my last shot on the disposables. I brought two of them this year and used them both up with 5k to go. Best because the last 5k hurt and it was pretty ugly. But I finished vertically.<\/p>\n

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They pass out candy bars at the end of the race. I always aim to get two Snickers bars. Don’t laugh, sometimes they run out.<\/p>\n

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And of course a T shirt. The economy must be looking up as they passed out technical fabric shirts instead of cotton this year. <\/p>\n

I’m all pumped about next year. Are you pumped about anything next year?<\/p>\n

Thanks to those that stuck to this overly long post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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