Silly little dream

So I had this dream last night. I was running in a huge cross country style race (think Tour de France minus the bikes). It was somewhere in Europe (what? why Europe?).

There was a very large crowd of people running. I was doing very well against all of them I must say. I broke through to the front of the pack. I was competing closely with only a handful of people now. I broke away on the long stretches of back country road. Eat my dust, people!

I see a town! Weaving in and out of the quaint little roads was slowing me down a bit (cobblestone streets are hard to run on you know), but I was still doing good. It came down to the last few miles of the competition. I could see the finish line. My entire body was aching from all the miles of running. I had been pushing myself to the limit. I had entered a state of pure exhaustion several miles back, but I was determined to finish.

I heard someone coming up behind me. I had several yards on them, but they were still making me nervous. I was so close to victory that I could taste it. The finish line was getting closer by the second. I couldn't watch it anymore. I had to just put my head down, look at the ground and keep on going. Run, run, run. I looked to my shoes. I had all but worn through this pair. I would celebrate my victory with a trip the shoe store (even in my dreams, I am such a girl!). I looked at my legs. Oh! My poor aching muscles. I couldn't wait to relax with a bath and scented candles (I'm a very girlie girl). I looked at my hands and they were dirty! I could NOT finish the race with dirty hands! I dodged into the next building I passed (Oh good! They have a public restroom!) and started scrubing my hands. I was really into it. I was getting in between my fingers and under my fingernails and everything. All of a sudden I remembered the race. OH NO! I ran back to the door and peeked my head out just in time to see my closest competitor cross the finish line and steal my glory. Victory was theirs. Bummer.

I lost the race to wash my hands!?!??! What a stupid dream.