So, after my game last Friday night, I headed south. As
in I had what I needed in the car. I drove two hours south and made
it to Oceanside right about midnight. Found a room in a hotel and
crashed for the night. Unfortunately, I didn’t fall asleep quite as
quickly as I had hoped, but I did eventually get a few hours of sleep.
And then I was up and at them for the Camp Pendleton Mud
Run!
This now makes the sixth year in a row that I’ve done the
mud run. And, despite the added pressure of the distance and
therefore finding a place to stay, it remains one of my favorites. I
enjoy running around the base. We run through some beautiful
areas. I like the added obstacles from the first few years (although
they could do away with the tire flip). Everyone is out there having
fun. It’s just generally a great day.
This year was no exception. I was on my own with
no one to meet up with afterwards, so I enjoyed a more leisurely pace. I
still finished about 15 minutes slower than my best time (when I’d been running
longer distances), so I wasn’t upset with my time. Especially
considering how much ultimate I’d played the night before. I looked
around the festival a little afterwards, but I didn’t spend too long at it.
I was hungry, and I wanted to head down to a diner I’d
visited last year in Oceanside. The Pit Stop diner has a wonderful
chicken nugget wrap. Yum! Definitely didn’t need the
fries that came with it. Absolutely delicious.
I made my way home after that, stopping at Downtown Disney
for a little pin shopping, and then headed to the Aviator’s game. Sadly,
they lost. So both of the professional ultimate Frisbee team games
I’ve been to, my team has lost. I did figure out that one of the
guys on the team was on my summer league team a couple of years back. Really
nice guy, too.
Going to the game meant I made it home late, but it was a
great day.
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