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Flashback: Lake Placid Half Marathon 2010

January 7, 2011 at 6:54 pm Leave a comment

As I was sitting in class catching up on my facebook news feed, I saw that registration opened for the Boilermaker today. I’m still not sure if I’m going to be able to run it this year (due to my clinical rotation schedule), but it made me think of the last big race I participated in. This past June, Michele, Emily and I headed to Lake Placid to “run” in a half marathon. We got into town on Friday afternoon and started off our weekend with a walk around the village and lunch at The Brown Dog Deli and Wine bar.

I had a some veggie quiche and a side salad.

A trip to Lake Placid wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Olympic Center.

Michele and Emily “playing some hockey” outside of the Herb Brooks Arena.

It was very cool to see the rink where the “Miracle on Ice” happened, but I was surprised how small the place was. Some little kids were in practice when we stopped in.

My gnome and I from Kelly’s bachelorette day.

Wilber watching form the stands.

We got a little closer to the ice in another rink in the Olympic Center.

Em “cheering” in the stands.

Next stop during our day of Lake Placid fun was Goose Watch Winery.

I loved the strawberry splendor and brought a bottle home with me.

Wilber also enjoyed the wine.

We also stopped by the Swedish Hill winery.

I tried some amazing raspberry brandy.

We finished out the night with some take-out and TV. Michele and I had quite a few chicken wings! We found this station on the TV. It was pretty much the weirdest thing ever. It was a constant live shot of a clock, some type of electrical device and some random toys. Even though we had absolutely no idea what it was, it was the source of quite a few laughs.

The three of us were up bright and early for the race. Due to injuries and crazy schedules, none of us were in the right shape to run a full half-marathon and not injure ourselves. We came to the conclusion that it would be best to power walk the race instead. I was surprised with the number of other walkers. Quite a few people came out just to walk it.

First race I could ever take a picture during. Because we were walking, it was a great opportunity to catch up with two of my best friends.

Even through it was the slowest race I’ve ever “run,” and it took over 3 hours to finish, I was proud of us for making it the whole way! We definitely deserved all the carbs we enjoyed afterwards

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