New Mexico

Order in which state was run: 17

Order in which state was admitted into the union: 47

 

• The yellow field and red symbol colors are the colors of Spain. First brought to New Mexico by Spanish explorers in 1540. On New Mexico's flag we see a red sun with rays streching out from it. There are four groups of rays with four rays in each group. This is an ancient sun symbol of a Native American people called the Zia. The Zia believed that the giver of all good gave them gifts in groups of four. These gifts are:
• The four directions - north, east, south and west.
• The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter.
• The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
• Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age.
• All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end.

 

 

 

Date: September 3, 2006
Race: New Mexico Half Marathon
City: Albuquerque

Cost: $43.60

 

This was my second time visiting Albuquerque.  I remember the welcome cool weather at altitude in early September.  It was a welcome break from the ongoing heat and humidity in east Texas.  Seeing several hot air balloons toward the end of the race was a nice diversion and awesome site.  The clay race medal was one of the more unique and definetely most delicate race medal I have received.  The local race photographer was kind enough to photoshop out the effects of bleeding nips from my race pic (remember cool weather!)

 

 

 

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