RED Episode #136: @#$% it! We did it LIVE!

RUN

We ran the Freedom 5K last weekend.  It was a live and in-person race!  We were so excited that we did an Instagram live throughout the whole race once we got started.  It was a flat course, which is unusual for this race as it is usually held for 4th of July and normally we run over a huge bridge at sunrise to see a beautiful view of the Caloosahatchee River.  

It was a great race that benefitted Brotherhood of Heroes and Special Operations Communicators Association, both organizations tied to helping support Veterans and first responders.  There was a goodie bag.  There was a t-shirt.   Aimee even came away with 2nd place in her age group!  

We commend the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce and Donna Germain for pulling off this race after months of delays and coming together to make runners so excited.  Even those in the neighborhood where we ran came out of their houses to cheer us on and offer us water.  Thanks to everyone in our community who made this happen!

EAT

We had a fantastic brunch after the race at Gather in our hometown.  It is a flashback because we covered their fantastic brunch right after this race in 2018 in Episode 33 of our show.  We happened to come back on the 3rd anniversary of the opening of this great restaurant on the water.  You can sit inside and it is such a colorful environment or outside by the water and enjoy the fantastic and very Florida view!  

Did we mention the brunch?  Aimee had the Croque Madame.  Ham, gruyere cheese between two pieces of perfectly buttered and pan-seared bread, an over-easy egg, and mornay sauce that just made this a must-have brunch item.  Dana had the Lobster Cake Benedict.  It was the perfect combo of lobster and cake with a poached egg and a hollandaise that Dana just raved about.  Both dishes were served with house potatoes and at reasonable prices.  Come to the Cape and have brunch with us here!  You will love it!

DRINK 

We had great cocktails from Duval Street here in Cape Coral.  It is a restaurant that brings a bit of Key West to us when we can’t get away.  So to continue our celebration of our first live race since February this year, we had two cocktails that took us back to so many memories of our runcations there!  The first is Ernest Hemingway’s Old Fashioned, which is a rum-based beverage including Papa’s Pilar dark rum, a rum made right there in Key West!  We also sampled the Key Lime Martini, which included one of our favorite rums - Wicked Dolphin Key Lime and Vanilla Bean Rum!  Such a refreshing, sweet, and tart cocktail!  We felt like we should be by a pool or out on a beach relaxing as we sipped these delights from the menu!  We want to return for a full meal at Duval Street and sample a few more creations from the cocktail menu!  

BONUS FOR THE RUNCATION NATION

Don’t forget Expedition Roasters is offering a brand new discount code for the Runcation Nation!  Use the code RunEatDrink at checkout to receive 15% off your order!  Thank you to Erick Kanter for providing this code to our listeners!  Hope you will check out the delicious coffee, tea, and cocoa available from Expedition Roasters.  

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