Bloomsday 2013

Yesterday was Bloomsday! The weather was so nice! Almost too nice. It was actually HOT during the race. How often does that happen? 

Several months ago, we noticed Jeremy had Bloomsday off. This never happens. He decided to train with me this year. He mentioned it to his squad and they all decided to train for Bloomsday too! 

Papa Norm and Gram very nicely offered to babysit for the night. So Saturday morning, we drove up to Royal and dropped the kids off. Then, we drove to Liberty Lake to stay with Laura and Pippa. Pippa had been freshly groomed and was smelling nice AND her fur was actually white! She got some petting and hugs from me. 

Sunday morning, we drove to the Spokane Arena to park. Laura and Jeremy left to go find Jeremy's squad. They were all in the green group. I was in yellow so I waited by myself for the race to start. 

Jeremy and I posing before the race. 

Laura and I posing before the race

A self portrait by the fountain. 

Then we found someone to actually take a better picture. 

Jeremy took a neat panoramic photo while waiting for the race to begin. 

B Squad Swings and their shirts. 

I got to hop in the picture too. 

Trying to get a close up of the shirts. Gray this year! What a great year to get a gray shirt. It's Jeremy's favorite color to wear. And he happens to get a gray shirt the year he runs Bloomsday!

Results for Bloomsday 2013

Claire K Wakeman

Finish time:	01:04:52
Overall place:	3,499th
Time up Doomsday:	04:28
Pace per mile:	08:41
Average pace for 32-year-olds:	14:28

Top Results Placed 97th among 834 people the same age

Top Results Placed 19th among 315 people from Pasco, WA

Top Results Placed 2,606th among 36,930 people from Washington

Top Results Placed 1st among 4 people with the same last name

Top Results Placed 843rd among 27959 females

Top Results Placed 32nd out of 519 among 32-year-old females

Top Results Placed 147th out of 2,640 people in your age group

Results for Bloomsday 2013

Jeremy D Wakeman

Finish time:	01:13:55
Overall place:	7,410th
Time up Doomsday:	05:31
Pace per mile:	09:54
Average pace for 33-year-olds:	14:39

Top Results Placed 182nd among 800 people the same age

Top Results Placed 53rd among 315 people from Pasco, WA

Top Results Placed 5,518th among 36,930 people from Washington

Top Results Placed 3rd among 4 people with the same last name

Top Results Placed 4,793rd among 18729 males

Top Results Placed 106th out of 306 among 33-year-old males

Top Results Placed 555th out of 1,523 people in your age group

Results for Bloomsday 2013

Laura Spragg

Finish time:	01:20:28
Overall place:	10,657th
Time up Doomsday:	05:33
Pace per mile:	10:47
Average pace for 30-year-olds:	14:22

Top Results Placed 277th among 871 people the same age

Top Results Placed 185th among 757 people from Liberty Lake, WA

Top Results Placed 7,982nd among 36,930 people from Washington

Top Results Placed 1st among 1 people with the same last name

Top Results Placed 4,366th among 27959 females

Top Results Placed 131st out of 562 among 30-year-old females

Top Results Placed 615th out of 2,640 people in your age group

1997 vs 2012. Not much difference.

I came across the top picture recently and realized it is SO much like the bottom picture. 

Here are Laura and I in the fall of 1997. We are at a cross country meet in Cle Elum. I can tell because it's the only place we ran cross country meets that had trees like that. I was a senior and she was a freshman. This is obviously after the race as we are looking tired and our hair is windblown. 

Another point. Look how much clothing we are wearing. The meet must have been in October. Most normal people would have just run in their uniform top and shorts. Not Laura and I. To stay warm, we needed long sleeve shirts and spandex. We are just always cold! I'm sure people thought we were overdressed. It's the same way now. We are always cold and have to keep our houses at 76 degrees all the time to stay warm. 

Here are Laura and I in the fall of 2012. Look, we're running another race and even standing in the same spots! It's funny because our numbers almost match with the numbers we were wearing in 1997. Back then, I was 322 and in this recent race I was 333. Laura was 324 back then and 327 now. Funny huh? I bet Holly was 323 in the race from 1997. 

We were also cold during this race as it was the end of October. The wind was quite nippy as well. This was before the race as our hair is not windblown. Although over the years, we've both been able to figure out how to tame our hair and work with it better. 

Well, time to start training for Bloomsday! Be prepared to be cold for that race too L! And yes, I know how much you hate it. But who knows? The shirts could be purple this year!