| Baby It's Cold Outside! |
02/23/2009 |
As February comes to a close, may this unusual bout of cold weather go with it. Pirates don't own ice scrapers. The early morning wake up call to get the ship out of dry dock for "Pirates on the Run" required de-icing of the USS Dodge Ram. Upon mooring up to our ship, frost and hard ice was everywhere.
The crew of the Amelia Island Runners and their "Pirates on the Run" participants faced a chilly warm up session in preparation for the 5K and 10K race that day. By the start of the race, the Florida sun decided to get with the program and everyone was treated to a more spring like day.
The runners lined up on 9th Street in one of the largest spandex wearing crowds that I've ever seen. We positioned our cannon and three pistol bearing Pirates, waiting for the official countdown. One......two......BAMMMM! In the most perfect timing, every weapon went off in unison, bringing a joyful tear to our Pirate eyes. That old show off, Captain Jack Sparrow could not have done it bigger or better. We hope that the cloud of smoke that permeated the course did not hinder the hundreds of runners. Well, it did, sort of, but we're Pirates, and it was a cannon, and cannons are not without cannon fodder, and.... oh, you get the picture.
Our crew dotted the race course that stretched from 9th Street to Eagan's Creek Greenway, down the entire Greenway and back to 11th Street, where the finish line was waiting. Police, Auxillary Police and Pirates working in unison and it was a beautiful sight. OK, so we weren't exactly working but we were cheering the runners on. Our Captain has a rule about us Pirates working the street corners but that's another story.
The Kids Race was fantastic as usual and some of the kiddies even dressed like Pirates. They be lookin' good me bucko. Decked out in their best Pirate attire, running like they be runnin' from the law. Trust me, that's about as fast as a Pirate can run.
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