DoomBuggy Runner

What a weekend…. We spent the last 6 days to and from New Orleans to run the New Orleans Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, but this is not the race recap.  This is about a special gift I got from our friends Matthew & Kira.  When we arrived in New Orleans and met up with them at the hotel, they had a box.  I thought, strange way to pack their running gear for travel, but who am I to judge.

To my surprise, it was a gift for me.  So I opened it up and saw 10-15 strands of Mardi Gras beads, to which I got excited and thought it was neat.  I quickly pulled them all out and put them on like a Mr. T starter kit.  After a few minutes of playing with the beads, they said, glad you like them, but that wasn’t the real present.  They told me to go back to the box…..

I went back to the box, and was speechless, and if you know me, that isn’t easy.  All I could say was wow.  They bought me a special medals rack for my 50 state half marathons.

Even though it was a great weekend, I could not wait to get home, get it colored, and the 13 medals for the 13 completed states hung.  It turned out so good.

Thanks to my friends Matthew & Kira for this awesome gift.  Thanks for thinking of me and my goal.  I will always remember you each time I hang a new state medal!  Hopefully they will join me for a few of the state races in the future.