“Lexie! Lexie! Lexieee!” pause…. “Lexie! Lexie! Hey! Lexieeee!” pause…. “Lexie! Lexie! Lexie!” It seemed like I screamed after Lexie for a mile. It however, was more like 50 feet. Every other runner around her heard me. In fact, they all turned around and acknowledged my crazy ass screaming some random girl’s name. I was trying to catch up to Lexie as I was yelling her name leaving the aid station, but damn if I was going to toss my Gatorade cup to sprint to get to her. I had yet to take a drink and we were coming up on 6 miles so I needed a drink desperately. Chucking my cup at the back of her head did cross my mind and I even thought, screw it she can run the half marathon route, but she was lucky and one runner managed to get her attention. The runner in front of Lexie turned around and began waving her arms in front of Lexie. I saw Lex give the runner a WTH look and a half-assed wave back. It was classic! The runner then begins pointing back to me and that is when Lexie turned around and I pointed to the left and yelled "10K this way!" . Lexie’s response was priceless “What the F*ck!” Lexie turned and headed my direction and we got back on the 10K route. As we got back on track...
Lexie: What the hell was that!
Me: I don't know, but I was screaming your name for what seemed like a mile!
Lexie: Did you see any route signs?!
Me: Nope, the volunteers at the aid station told me. How loud is your freaking music?
Lexie: Dude, music is what keeps me going. Not chatting it up or listening to labored breathing.
Me: Well you may want to turn it down a little so you can hear things!
I imagine Lexie was rocking out to “I’m Sexy and I know it” and was so caught up in it that she didn't hear me yelling her name!
So it was 6.2 miles and I felt pretty dang good the entire time. We ran across the broadway bridge and around the downtown airport. It was neat to see a plane taking off over us as we ran.
Time: 59:46
Average Pace: 9.59
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