Oops.

I couldn't help but laugh at this, so I had to share. Despite the stress that wedding planning can cause, this bride didn't lose her sense of humor. I love that.

(Four more days 'til Olita gets hitched!)

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Pepper spray

Thanks to this dude and other recent attacks on women runners, I don't quite feel comfortable running at night. Granted, I never run alone in the dark, but even if there are two of us, there's an element of scaredy cat in me.

So I bought some pepper spray. The packaging suggests that you test it out so you don't have a faulty product, so I did and it appeared to work perfectly.

Fast forward one day.

I'm driving to Green Lake to meet Autumn for a run. I bring along my new, potentially life-saving device. I made sure that the spray nozzle was locked just to be safe, then set it back down on my seat.

Driving along. Rub my itchy eye. AHHHHHHHHH!

Turns out that even the residue left on the bottle can get on your hands and then transferred to your eye. It's a painful lesson to learn, but now I know it works VERY WELL.

Ouch.

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Are you going to take the picture?

I'm sure you've had one of these moments. You think someone is taking a picture, so you flash a cheesy grin at the camera.

Keep smiling, keep smiling, wonder why the picture hasn't been taken yet. Leaning toward the camera, ready to give up on the picture even if he looks like he's just about to take one...

Seconds later: "It's in movie mode."

Awesome. My coolness caught on video.

Even cooler? Maddie and Benny singing karaoke to Toto's Africa. Good times at the Waterwheel.

Sidenote: I know you are all just dying to hear the play-by-play of the marathon, but I'm sourcing the archives to entertain you for now. A lot of work to be done and not a lot of time - it's the name of the game here.

oops.

I thought I had found the perfect 15 mile run for us today.

Turns out I was wrong.

I found the perfect 16.6 mile run.

Oops.

(Autumn and Maddie are going to ban me from mapping future runs.)