Pear Blossom

Friday afternoon I jumped in the car with Chelsa and Mikayla and headed to Medford. My first stop was to buy a bike rack for my car. I already had it picked out and just had to go to the store. The man helping us must have felt bad for me and figured I would never be able to put the thing on my roof as he assembled it and put it on the roof for me!

We had come to Medford because I was planning on running the Pear Blossom on Saturday and since it started at 8:00am I used that as an excuse to spend the night before in a hotel with the girls (David was working overnight). We found a hotel that had an indoor water slide and spent the evening playing in the pooling and sliding to our hearts content. The next morning I woke bright and early and left my kids soundly sleeping at the hotel (I know, really responsible mother) and headed to the start. It was a partly cloudy day with temps in the 40's. I had agreed to meet a friend and found that finding her in the mass of people was almost more of a challenge than doing the run!

The run started in Medford and headed out towards Jacksonville (I think) it was a out and back course and just before 1/2 way there was a lovely little hill which I powered over, feeling quite good about myself. Then we did the turn around and there loomed the hill again, which was much more difficult the second time. Right around mile 7 I heard a plink as something hit the road, I turned around to find my car key which had somehow made a hole in the pocket of my new running shorts and fallen out! If I would have had my iPod going I would never have heard it fall and would still be stuck up in Medford, at least they have Starbucks there! The rest of the race went smoothly and I ended up finishing almost exactly in the time I thought I would. Which I am told is simply a starting point and I will only get better from here. Much like a red wine I suppose.

I arrived back at the hotel all hot, sweaty with housekeeping at the door to the room telling my kids it was time to check out! I think I took the quickest shower in history and we headed out of medford for home.

I am looking forward to my next race and think that since I will be in Spokane in less than a month I may look at doing the Rhody Run in Port Townsend.