The day sure didn’t start off the way I first expected. Friday afternoon around noon, we had application problems. Dennis and I were working with everyone troubleshooting the system, as well as restoring corrupted files. I was finally sent home around 12:30 this morning. Sort of ruined my Friday plans, but that is life.

I signed up for the Heart Run the other day. Sort of last minute deal, I didn’t know it was going on until a friend at work suggested I give it a go. Figured since I am training, I might as well do something with other people ^_^

After I finally woke up and got down there, it occurred to me I didn’t know where the starting line was or where I could park. So I parked at worked and walked over to the school to find the Arts building, which was near the starting line. It didn’t occur to me that parking over a mile away won’t be too much fun after the run is over ;) I eventually found it, and proceeded to get my chest thing, and a cool shirt.

I found my friend, Nancy, before the race started. With all of those people I would have thought I would know more people. I was wrong. I did find a couple of peeps from work after crossing the finish line. Amazing who you would find at the water cooler.

The run began at 09:30, and it was pretty entertaining overall. For the first couple of miles, I couldn’t ditch this girl for the life of me. She was probably 10 at the very latest, and originally gave me a dirty look when I passed her. She then passed me, got about twenty feet ahead and began walking. I passed her, and the game would start again. On the downhill trek after passing APU, I ran harder and left her in the dust. My weekend is complete now that I beat a little girl in a race ^_^

They actually got the results up faster than I thought they would. I completed the run in 33:17.

Over all, I had a lot of fun today. I think the highlight of the day was the little conversation before the race, when I was picking up my stuff:

Check-in-Lady: May I have your last name please ?
Me: Sure, Steve.
Check-in-Lady: No. I need your last name.
Me: I know. It is listed under Steve.
*Looks at me with a puzzled face, and proceeds to check the roster*
Check-in-Lady: The Steve ?
Me: The one and only.
Check-in-Lady: Ok everyone, we have The Steve running with us today…