Pineapple Classic 5K

Up nice and early and my older sister and brother came over and the three of us drove to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pineapple Classic 5K. There were 3 divisions - Kekoa (Warrior), Wiki (Runner), and Honu (Walker). I think I originally signed up for the Wiki division, envisioning me happily strolling through the course carrying Mr. Pineapple Head with me.

My brother was tasked with picking up our packets and I then learned that we were in the Kekoa division. I expected nothing less though since my family is uber-competitive with Conor being the most competitive of us all. And so we got into our place in the Kekoa 3-Person Team Division.

We went off and the first half mile was all up hill, and it felt terrible and like 10 miles, and we were all huffing and puffing. We realized we probably should have warmed up. At the top of the hill we did high knees through tires and then kept running through the woods, ever upwards. Eventually we leveled out and got some down hill action in. We did hurdles, scaled a 6-foot wall, over-unders, ran through a thing of hanging booms while they misted us with water, flipped a large truck or tractor tire 6 feet then 6 feet, scaled a 10 foot wall with a rope, solved a puzzle (ours was a pineapple), climbed a steep hillside/mountain, slid down a slip and slide for 40 yards (the worst obstacle because I hurt my left thumb by jamming it some how and got brush burn on my butt), climbed a long gradual hikk, crawled under a mesh, and sprinted to the finish - all whilst carrying a pineapple between the 3 of us.

We passed a few groups along the way and didn't get passed by anyone - so we felt good about that. We then went the car and changed and went to the Luau party. We ate pizza, pulled pork sanwiches, PB&J, fresh fruit, Rita's Italian ice, Gatorade, and - the best part - drank beer. We each got 2 beer tickets and they had a Hawaiian (Longboard?) beer keg. Conor let me have one of his beers as he was the driver. And then some nice ladies gave us 2 of their tickets. We sat and ate and drank for a nice long while. Then the Pineapple Prince's mom talked and gave a very moving speech and then they gave out the awards.

We sat and listened to the various group winners and then they got to the Kekoa 3-Person Team Division and we were surprised to hear that we had won! It was so exciting! We went up and grabbed our winnings - a TGIF Margarita Mix tub - yum! We finished our beers then went home.

Our Winning Time: Conor - 31:48, Bridgette: 31:52, Me: 31:51.

Kekoa Warrior 3-Person Team Winner "Spot the Pineapple" (Mr. Pineapple Head was taking the picture ;) )

 

Mr. Pineapple Head celebrating the victory.

 

New Miles: 3.1 (5K)
Total Miles: 1031.5
Miles Remaining: 468.5
Weight: 128.0