King Keith Kahmehameha

Today Keith and I ran in the 5K Winter Pineapple Classic. This race challenges teams to complete the 5K course and conquer all the obstacles and physical challenges along the way, all while carrying a team pineapple! The obstacles are completely unknown to participants until race day. Our team, "Ithinkathinka my knees are going to hurt", proved to be nimble and fast as we scaled walls (up to 8 feet high), crossed monkey bars, jumped over hay bales, crawled through tubes, rolled under low bars and high-stepped through tires.

Afterwards, we celebrated Keith's birthday at the luau! The organizer of the Pineapple Classic must have known that they scheduled the race on Keith's birthday and they generously threw a birthday party, just for Keith and invited all the race participants! For Keith's "birthday" luau, they turned one of the old airplane hangars at Magnuson Park into an indoor beach with sand, Hawaiian music and food, including roast pig! A good time was had by all.

Happy Birthday Keith!!!! I look forward to running with you again in 2009!