All in the name of 'weirdness'

Recently I ‘ran’ the third annual Keep Austin Weird 5K with some buddies of mine from the rugby club. We finished with the super speedy time of 36 minutes, approximately equal to the time we achieved last year.

You may be thinking that the time is a bit slow but on the way we did stop for bacon, donuts (doughnuts), ice cream, BBQ brisket tacos, and a couple of beers. On top of that it was over 100 degrees out. Last year the course went through the downtown entertainment district and we stopped in a bar on the way around.

Many people run in costumes and plenty of them are quite risqué. Maybe next year the thong will come out!

Of course, being Austin there was a free concert afterwards. As Tom,who has recently returned from the not so cosmopolitan College Station, said this is one of the things that makes Austin such a cool place to live. You can’t beat hanging out with your mates in the sun, beer in hand listening to some live music.

It was a little hot though.