This was a good race for me. I started off by slowly jogging and walking intermittently. About a mile into it, I was jogging more than I was walking. I felt good, my knees didn't bother me at all, and I just felt like I could jog some more. I felt so good by the end of mile 2, that I decided to try and jog the remaining mile. And but for two instances where I walked for about 4 steps, I said to myself, "no... keep jogging!" - and I did. I was able to jog for the last 1.1 mile! Yeah! I felt good, and not too winded. It was hard... but not painful! I felt strong when I finished!

This was my first event after my surgery last month. I don't think I could've done anything differently.

Walked around, drank some gatorade, and ate a couple of fig newtons. I stretched a little bit... should've stretched a bit longer.


I can only go up from here.


This was a nice race to get back on the horse with. I did better than I ever dreamed. It felt really, really good to not finish DFL, and it felt really good to actually pass people... albeit people who were walking, but I didn't care. While on my last mile, I said "Happy Thanksgiving" to a lady who was walking at a steady pace. She reminded me of me, and she happily returned the greeting. After the race was over, I ran into her again as I was walking to my car. She said that this was her first event, and that my greeting gave her a "second wind" and was happy that I had said it. Wasn't that nice of her? This was one Thanksgiving I have a lot to be grateful for. On to the next race!