2005 Keep Austin Weird 5k
Here's the report for the Keep Austin Weird 5k. Dru, Roger and I headed down to the race around 3:30 PM. We arrived in good time and lucked out on a parking spot on the street. We walked across a field behind Palmer to Auditorium shores for the start of the race. We wandered around the grounds from about 4-4:45 then did a quick warm up and stretch session and got in line with the other 3200 runners to start the race. There were all manner of different people there. Runners, walkers, old, young, 4-legged, costumed, you name it. This is not a typical race. They start the timed runners first, then the untimed "weirdos" after that. The race start time (5 PM) came and went. It was hot. We were ready to go. We waited and waited. Apparently they hadn't gotten the race route cleared on time. Finally at about 5:15, we got to start. It was hot. We had decided before the race that we were going to run the 1st mile and if we got separated, we would meet at the Amy's Ice C