What says Sonoma County more than Clo the Cow and Clover Milk? How about a 10k marathon? Who would have ever thought that I would ever participate in a sanctioned marathon and actually COMPLETE it?
Well, miracles never cease and today I, along with my teammates, arrived in downtown Petaluma to participate in the Clo Cow Marathon. We are not part of the uber competitive group vying to break records. We are just wanting to partake in a community event and actually have an official name and timed finish. Honestly, just coming off of Covid, I almost bailed because I thought I would wear out early and bring the group down.
No worries. We were not competing and we were just doing it for fun and exercise. My sissy, who was a member of my team, knew every CHP and Petaluma Police officer patrolling the event as she has a career in Sonoma County law enforcement. We stopped and talked with several of the officers, which did not help our time.
During our 10K walk/run we came across so many friendly people greeting us from their porch in fun and silly costumes themselves cheering us on and giving us water. Upon the finish line our names were announced to the crowd who was cheering us on despite we were only 14 or so places from LAST. We got the LOSER prize!!! Mind you, there were 300+ registrants. We finished just 15 or so from the bottom!! LOL.
Here is what matters. We actually got up out of bed early on a Sunday morning to participate and COMPLETE a 10k. So what if we were at the back of the pack. We felt a huge sense of accomplishment just finishing AND the proceeds to go a good charitable cause. We had a blast and bumped into so may people we knew.
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