Upon exiting t
he car in Mt. Olive, we soon realized that, well, pickles or brine or something in that town smells kind of funny. But, by the time we finished registering, we were pretty much used to it and got warmed up. And then, the true AWESOMENESS began...Laurel and I had decided to wear our "new" uniforms... in other words, red TAF jerseys with bright orange shorts and neon yellow sneakers. Dave, in his American flag shorts, had apparently ditched his "Bye Bye Meghan" compression socks in favor of some new blue ones, which he was also wearing. Sean, who was dressed normally, refused to be seen with us... needless to say, we got some weird looks!
We lined up, the "three commands" were given, and we were off. Dave sprinted out to an early lead, which he maintained through the first turn. Sean soon passed him, and would have passed the pace car too except that it kept getting in front of him (and by Sean's account, he left numerous handprints on the trunk at every turn). Despite this, Sean managed to win the Cuke Patch 5k, crushing the rest of the competition. Laurel was next across the line for TAF, finishing up as the 1st woman overall. However, she was running so fast that the people at the finish line totally missed her crossing... takes a true TAF Ninja to sneak past someone when you're wearing all neon! Seriously, this marks the second "blend into the surroundings" excuse from race officials... new camouflage?!? Meghan and Dave followed... and everyone PR'd for some random distance around 3miles (but hey, a PR is a PR and they told us it was a 5k)!
I have no idea what the official results are... if they will ever be posted, etc. (the race was not chip-timed and 2x the number of people showed up compared to what they were expecting). So, as previously stated, Sean and Laurel were definitely first. Then, depending upon how they figure age groups, Dave and I were first in our age groups (as long as they don't count Sean and Laurel as placing in their age groups... if they do, Dave and I were second). After the awards were settled, we headed to the actual Pickle Festival itself, which was awesome. The highlights of this included the duck and pig and goat races, which were every bit as ridiculous as they sound! We had a great time... will definitely be back next year! GO TAF!!! #20
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