What a lovely day for a run

Picture - Just after the race this morning. Yeah, it's a DisUnplugged shirt, but in all fairness I don't have an AATM one! ..and what's up with the look on my face? LOL ..and no, I don't drink from a sippy cup....my daughter handed it to me right after I finished, kinda cute and funny actually...one more thing, cotton shirts are okay for only 3.1 miles! No nipple-fatigue...

As for the 5k I ran this morning, all I gotta say till this evening is.....Mike-Speed....


Just watched Manny hit 501....hope you were watchin', Heath!

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Update: So, I felt 100% more ready for this race today, although the legs were still a little tired from the 9 miles on Friday. One thing I did different was during warm up. The last couple of races I just kinda hung out and stretched till the thing started. This one, I waited till 30 min prior and ran .6 miles at an easy pace (5.5mph according to the Garmin) and then stretched fully. This brought me right up till race time and I felt warmed up and loose. Started quick for the first 2/10, but settled in so as not to burn myself out. The quick start is actually very good to break out of the pack a little bit (not too much in my case, but it helped). Caught a good groove and stayed pretty steady throughout. Felt some tiredness the last 3/4 of a mile, but shook it off and kept pace with a young kid (13 years old) all the way to the finish. This is the funny part... I passed the 13 year old with about a 1/4 mile left only to hear the crowd start cheering near the finish...yeah, not cheering for me but the kid who started to sprint up to me....So, being the competitive S.O.B that I am, I turned on the jets, passed him back and beat him by a couple of seconds (Garmin said I hit 12mph, but who knows) ;-) The crowd lit up when I turned it on...too funny, half were probably rooting for the kid and the others were like "c'mon old guy!!!" Gave them all a little bit of a thrill, lol!

Here's the result..... 3.1 miles in 24:19 (7:53/mi average I think). So, if running miles count for the challenge, then I've put in 3.7 for the day. 3.1 for the race and .6 for the warm up run. I'll take a screen shot of the ol' Garmin output when I'm on that laptop (in the basement).

Now.. do you smell what Stroller-Boy is cookin'? :-)