What a Weekend! (Sunday: Larry Steeb 10K, Dinner & a Movie)

Unfortunately, our plans for Saturday didn't mesh well with our plans for Sunday. This year the traditional Whitmore Lake 4th of July festivities weren't held on the 4th of July. Instead they had the 10K race, Kiwanis chicken BBQ, and parade on Sunday the 1st, with the fireworks Tuesday the 3rd.

I have always done the 10K race, and this year it was renamed the Larry Steeb Memorial Independance Day Race, in honor of the long time Whitmore Lake teacher, cross country and track & field coach who passed away this February. So...I didn't feel like I couldn't do the run this year. However, the race started at 8:00am, we weren't preregistered, and we live in Saline (30 minutes away). As a result, we had to wake up after a scant 4 hours of sleep.

I can definitely say I didn't feel my best doing the run, but I had lots of extrinsic motivation to not just walk the course. There was (of course) a large number of students and alumni from Whitmore Lake High School, and I didn't really want to look like I was dogging it. In the end I finished with a pretty good time of 46:08.

Sam and I both went back home and took long naps. Later that afternoon we went out to Quarter Bistro- a New Orleans style restaurant- for dinner with her parents. We followed that up with a trip to the movie theater for a showing of Ratatouille, which I definitely recommend. It was quite funny & cute.