{"id":2165,"date":"2011-04-04T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2011-04-04T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T23:01:23","slug":"go-team-random-and-odd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2165","title":{"rendered":"Go Team Random and Odd!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/irunrocklin1.jpg\" alt=\"irunrocklin1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } <\/style>\n<p class=\"flickr-frame\"> \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/5589037955\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5051\/5589037955_3ec12d5edb.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/5589037955\/\">Go Team Random and Odd!<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/\">Random and Odd<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> \tTeam Random and Odd ran their first 5k this weekend in Rocklin for Officer Redding Foundation!!<\/p>\n<p>This was a first for all of us.  My boss gave me a guilt trip a few months ago about not even signing up for a race.  Out of guilt I found the closest one to me and signed up.  I didn\u2019t think anyone would join me, but that was okay with me, no witness to my absolute failure would be fine with me.<br \/>\nThe next thing I know, I\u2019ve got Tabitha signed up.  I truly didn\u2019t think she would do it, so when I got the IM, \u201cyou bitch!\u201d I knew she was registered and we could do this together.<br \/>\nIt was soon after I posted it to my facebook that my friend, Tim signed up\u2026followed up by Amanda.<br \/>\nTim was the smart person that started training for it by running and a couple of weeks before the race he decided to give himself a handicap and run with his parachute on!   For those of us that know Tim, we expected nothing less. He\u2019s an amazing person and he\u2019s SO FUN.<br \/>\nThe night before the race he came and stayed at the house.  Jeremiah was introduced to him as \u201cCapTim America.\u201d  Jeremiah looked at Alyx like she was nuts. \u201cNo really, Jeremiah\u2026this is CapTim America!\u201d<br \/>\nTim pulled out the video that Bill made and showed him. The clencher was Tim in a full track looking like he was flying through the sky.   He brought in all his gear and Jeremiah got excited when he put on his mask.<br \/>\n\u201cDo you have a shield?\u201d he asked skeptically.  If this is the real Captain American, he\u2019ll have a shield.<br \/>\n\u201cYes, I do.\u201d Tim told him.<br \/>\nYou could see Jeremiah\u2019s whole body raise up and take notice. \u201cWhere is it?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s in my truck.\u201d Tim answered.<br \/>\nAt this point Jeremiah had lost all composure and you could see the breaking point of this 5 year old, \u201cWELL GO GET IT!\u201d  He said it in a way that made it sound like, \u201cYou\u2019ve been sitting here for HOURS and that shield has been in your car the whole time!? Who does that? WHO LEAVES A SHIELD IN THE CAR!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tabitha also trained for this race in the beginning until her ankles decided to tell her to knock it off and she had to start hiking with us to get the strength back in them.<br \/>\nI say that she has wheels in her ass, because even when she\u2019s sitting, she\u2019s moving.   Being on the hikes with her I knew that she would ditch the pack and run ahead.  She did and had she not slowed down to wait for me and Amanda she would have made it in under 30 minutes easily.<\/p>\n<p>Shea and Dan started out together and somehow they got separated.  Shea took the lead and said she stopped a few times to wait for her dad, but then just kept going. Had she not stopped and walked back to look for him her time would have been around 25 to 28 minutes.  Holy hell little girl!  Not bad considering we signed her up on Friday so Dan would have a running buddy.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda spent the last few months training for something more important than the race\u2026HER WEDDING.<br \/>\nShe was the most awesome running buddy.  She had her music going so we could both hear it and when she ran it was seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen. She has this sexy bounce and swagger.  Poetry in motion.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good time because I was surrounded by my friends and family.  Marina, Alyx and Kara set up their chairs by the finish line and cheered us on as we came in.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll do it again because now I have Tabitha all hooked and watching Shea and how proud she was of herself, and Dan\u2026who knew!? He had a great time. I on the other hand was waiting for the fun part to kick in.  I mean, 2,000 people doing this\u2026there had to be something to this whole running thing.  It never hit me.  It wasn\u2019t skydiving and the thrill wasn\u2019t there.  No line twists, no back flips, no tracking or docking.  I did have to stop and tie my shoe once\u2026that could have gotten hairy, but it didn\u2019t.   It was crowded, the crush of people was a little anxiety filled,  it was loud, the scenery was houses, I missed my canyons and hiking shoes.  I can cross it off my list and move on to my next adventure which will be rock climbing.  This is actually Tabitha\u2019s but because I have drug her along into my bucket list, it\u2019s only fair that I support some of hers too.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad that I motivated others to join and run. That might be the best accomplishment I got from this whole experience, because it wasn\u2019t my time! I made it in under 45 minutes which is 16 minutes faster than I said I would be happy with.  I\u2019m SO excited to see this is something that Dan and Shea will have together.<\/p>\n<p>After the run we grabbed a bite to eat and headed up to Auburn to hit the trails where we added another 8 miles in.  Once I got out of the car and saw my bridge I instantly let it all go again and took a deep breath.  This weekend was finally over and I could finally start doing what I want to do without fear of getting hurt.  My feet dug into the ground as we hit the soft earth.  This is my playground now.<\/p>\n<p>Results:<br \/>\n1st &#8211; Shea<br \/>\n2nd -Tabitha<br \/>\n3rd &#8211; Tim<br \/>\n4th &#8211; Dan<br \/>\n5th &#8211; Amanda<br \/>\n6th &#8211; Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go Team Random and Odd!, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. Team Random and Odd ran their first 5k this weekend in Rocklin for Officer Redding Foundation!! This was a first for all of us. My boss gave me a guilt trip a few months ago about not even signing up for a race. 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