I’m pleased to report that the 2nd annual Yuri’s Night 5K this past Saturday went very well. The educational activities in the afternoon went well. And Saturday evening sucked.
When all was said and done, we had 123 people at the race — 107 runners and 16 kids. That’s about 20 fewer people than last year, but we still made over $500 for the charities. Overall, I felt like race day went much more smoothly than last year; I at least was much less stressed out. We had a few more volunteers, and that was a huge help as well. Until about 7:45, I actually had volunteers sitting around with nothing to do. I felt a bit bad, but then again, it’s better to have too many than too few.
I am crossing my fingers that I get the fellowship, and on the off chance that I do, I will have to find someone else to organize the race next year. Which could prove difficult. Won’t think about it now.
Sunday morning I got up early again to shoot photos at the Run for the Rose. The light was bad, and my camera was acting up. I was pretty disappointed in the results, but I think I still got enough usable images that it wasn’t a total loss. And I’ll get paid. Yippee. I’ve also volunteered to go to Corpus Christi on April 24 to shoot the CC Triathlon. That should be fun; I’ve never been to Corpus. I think Becca may come along for the ride.
Sunday afternoon I watched the Braves/Mets and was very sad that Smoltz ended up with the loss despite his personal record-tying 15 strikeouts. Stupid Carlos Beltran. After that game got out of hand, I turned to the Astros/Reds. Happily, the Astros won.
We had a soccer game Sunday night, and for the first 15 minutes we looked as bad as we’d ever looked. I have no idea what was wrong with our team, but we were all (me included) running around like chickens with our heads cut off, totally disorganized. The other team took advantage with 2 goals. After 15-20 minutes we finally settled down a bit and held them scoreless for the rest of the game, losing 2-0. But it was a weird, crazy game. We were just off, moreso than usual. Cari, we could have used you. Get better already.
