My Olympic dreams are dead, but my hitch-hiking career is strong

On the 11th, I decided to get out and run the TosaFest 5k (shhh, I didn't register!) and the results officially we the all time low of my running career. I was passed by the following:

1) Not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 runners pushing strollers (which has to be at least an extra 20 lbs!)
2) A blind runner - not that being blind means you can't run fast, but it's pretty impressive since you have to completely trust the person leading you.
3) A woman so old that I'm pretty sure if you touched her, she'd turn to dust. Think less like a raisin and more like a old plastic bag left out in the rain.
4) A power walker.
5) A midget.

I finished in 35:56 (Don't knock the 12min mile!) and I can at least say I ran the whole thing (which, given the waistlines of the majority of Wisconsinites, is more than most can say!)

Unfortunately, this 5k was not in a loop. The end of the race dropped you off in a food/craft festival which was nice, but I then couldn't find my way back to my car. Thinking I could just walk the race backwards, I ended up terribly lost. Lucky for me, the first people I asked for help opened their car door for me and took me for a ride! While not nearly as epic as my 5am hitch hike with a trucker when my cars transmission went out on a roadtrip, it was a successful endeavor!

In other news...Earlier in the week, my friend Jim invited me to a Brewers game and had tickets for the front row! It was a great time - I could smell the dirt! And (amazingly) they won and fireworks were set off!

The 'oh so serious' photo

I had to capture the sausage races! The one I was rooting for lost :(

Also, the group of girls- we all went out to a comedy pub. It was a Thursday night so the venue was pretty dead meaning we got picked on being in the front row. The comic was a bit raunchy, but we had a blast!
The end of the weekend brought on a zoo trip! Woot woot! While thoroughly enjoyable, I think I was most excited about the 'Mold-a-rama's' First of all I was thrilled when recalling this childhood memory of the silly little plastic animals at zoos that Jim actually knew what I was talking about and then secondly the Milwaukee zoo actually still had them!!! We got a lion. If you still have no idea what I'm talking about, you need to come to the zoo here (so worth it!) Haha.

Elephants!

Here is the mold! Freddy Mercury the Lion

I make good friends who humor me and ride the Sky Safari with me (aka- glorified ski lift)

That's it for now! I hope wherever you all are you are having as much fun as me!