THE NAVY 5 Miler!
We did it! we ran the Navy 5 Mile race.
We were concerned about parking, so we parked a little over a mile away and walked to and from the event starting line. We were both pleasantly surprised with out times. My speedy Bunny averaged 9:38 per mile for the five miles! I averaged 10:40 per mile for the five miles. Both of us were faster than we though we would be. Both of us were sure we would have been faster if not for the almost mile long uphill along the one side of Arlington National Cemetery. At the end we each received a partisipant’s coin marking the event.
We did look a little more worn out after the run!
That’s me giving the thumbs up holding the runner’s coin in front of the Air Force Memorial.
My amazing wife holding up her coin with the Washington Monument off in the distance.
Afer going home, showering and eating some food we went to DC to see the Solar Decatalon on the Mall.There were some amazing concepts there and we fell in love with three different small homes. Any one of them would be a great place to call home. One even had a garage.
This team was from New Zealand and incorporated a lot of hom einto the building. They featured the different plants from their country and had a very pleasing to the eye design inside. It did not have a fully walled off bedroom though so it would not offer privacy if you have guests stay the night.
These folks were from the USA (Virginia in believe) and were very cleaver with their designed space. The porch had a huge window that would retract down to make it an open outdoor porch or with it closed and a window on the interior wall open, this space would be part of the indoor living space year round. It also had a great sliding door that was also a book shelf seperating the bedroom from the living room. This home had clearly defined rooms with walls and lacked the open space feel the New Zealand home had. Both have their advantages. We could be happy with either one. There were a few others we liked as well but they seems to have more things in them we did not care for design-wise.
I was physically beat and convinced my wife to leave before seeing all the homes. We still needed to go grocery shopping, eat dinner and get to bed. Both of us will be sleeping good tonight as we were falling asleep watching TV at 7:30 PM! Tomorrow is a run day for us but w
