Remix

I did this Nike Run Hit Remix 5-mile run today. I definitely had a blast out there. An estimated 10,000 runners, some pretty good musical acts, and cold beer at the finish all contributed to a fun morning. The one bad thing was the new shirts they had the runners wear. Nike is pushing their new line of some cotton-blend T-shirts, so instead of the usual Dri-Fit shirt they provide, they gave us these new ones. They sucked. Granted, they didn't get any heavier after sweating in them, but unfortunately, they don't wick away the moisture either. And it takes forever for them to dry. An hour or two after running my shirt was still soaked. Pretty disgusting. But other than that, here were some highlights:

• The Sugarhill Gang was pretty impressive for some old guys. They played one cut I hadn't heard before that was hot! If they keep beats like this in their repertoire, they might have enough for a comeback album.
• Dawn from En Vogue is still damn fine.
• The "Young MC Memorial" award for saddest performance on the mini-stage goes to Sir Mix-a-Lot. When you only have one cut that most people know, and when there's only what seems like one person checking out your show, it's just time to hang 'em up. So, he's located at the end of the course, and has probably had "Baby Got Back" requested one too many times for his liking, so he resorts to asking the women to shake it. But then he goes a bit too far by asking those same women to "show some pink". Classic. At least he went out swinging.
• Let's just say: young women... hot weather... small running (re: booty) shorts. Mmmmmm.
• Hammer. He's still got it people. And his dancers were out there strong too. I don't know if he's still able to pay them or not, but they were there representing.
• Heard some more "Jungle Fever" stories from an old college friend of mine. I'm so proud of her.

Oh, and CAL destroyed Louisiana Tech today, 42-12. GO BEARS!!