Friday night:
Dana Carvey live at the Golden State Theater!!! We were lucky enough to get free tickets and back stage passes from a guy that Katie used to work with in Los Angeles. The show was incredibly funny!!! His two sons opened for him and then he came on for about 90 minutes and it was non-stop laughter the entire time! He did new stuff, old stuff, classics...it was great. His Obama was just as good as his Bush (1 and 2), Clinton, Reagan, and Perot. He chopped some broccoli at the end, went to church, ripped on how pointless Cannery Row is and how snooty Carmel and PB are. He told stories of Arnold, Carson, McCartney and Rooney. He had remarkable patience with the idiots in the audience that kept yelling out different people for him to impersonate. After the show we went down to meet him and after waiting a couple minutes we finally got our chance to introduce ourselves and tell him how much we loved his show. He was very nice to all the guests, aka random fans and strangers and after about 15 minutes he had to head back upstairs to a meet and greet.
I've been a huge fan of Dana Carvey for a very long time and this was one for the ages. This was easily one of the best nights of my life and I cannot thank Katie (and her friend) for putting this all together. Dana...friggin...Carvey! Bucket list...CHECK!
Sunday morning:
After 4 months of difficult training Katie completed not only her first race, but her first half-marathon!!! We both ran the race together and I was doing my best not to push her too hard, bug her or stress her out so I stayed behind her for a majority of the race. The excitement on her face from when we walked into the Expo on Saturday, as we got lined up in the corrals on Sunday and even during the race was reinvigorating for me as I was in the middle of finishing my 11th half. It's very easy to take these experiences for granted so it was great to have a different perspective and actually get to sit back and enjoy a race for once.
We kept a steady pace for the entire race and Katie never slowed down, complained, cramped up or hit a wall (or at least you never would have known it if she did!) Her legs never stopped moving forward and she fought through to the last tenth of a mile. I am beyond proud and quite impressed with how strong she was for pushing through a very difficult distance. It was a perfect race for her first one, being local and flat helped out a ton. There were several bands, aid stations, and fans that helped us enjoy every mile we passed over. And I think there's still hope she may even want to run another one someday!!! Congrats Katie!
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