Flying Pig

I got my official digital pictures from the Flying Pig Half-Marathon that I ran on May 3. The Flying Pig race is a big Cincinnati event. It was very well organized and I really enjoyed it. 

I wouldn't be all that excited about the finish time but maybe it's more impressive if I tell you that, due to starting line traffic and first mile bottlenecks, the official clock read 20:00 at mile 2. So, I must have really started spinning my wheels to make up for that somewhere. 

In these pictures you'll see that I have my ipod on, but I actually didn't listen to it until mile 11 or so. I was too engaged in plotting my strategery in all the race traffic, and trying to make sure I at least got ahead of the people in piggy ears and pink tutus. 

I was anxious about the snacks, expecting maybe bacon flavored Gatorade, but I didn't see any pig stuff until the post-race expo down by the river with all the vendors. But I would like to mention one water station sponsored by Smuckers. Most water stations have gatorade, and sometimes orange slices or banana chunks, which are hard to eat while running. This one had little teaspoons of peanut butter, followed by little spoons of jelly. Brilliant!