Holy Smokes, I saw a Duck running a RACE.

We shall begin with the big news.  I ran the Women's Center Race Against Violence last Saturday.  It was a fun 5K race.  I did it slowly, but I did it.  I watched as Katrina and Esme quickly left me in the dust.  I thought I was starting slowly, but I guess the race excitement got me a bit pepped up because my first mile was 6:37.  I wanted to see if it was possible to run 7's, but thought I would run 7:20's or so.  I ended up running the race in  21:36 which put me just under a 7 minute pace - so that was good.  Of course my last mile was a 7:17 so I was fading.  I would not have wanted to run a 4 mile race.

I have also managed to run a few times a week.  This morning I did 5 at the Park.  I did not realize that the Tennis Center is closed and that I would not be able to take a shower.  The fitness center had a shower, but I think I will skip that one in the future.  Not so nice, but since I had a meeting downtown I really thought a shower was required.

I did 4 yesterday and 3 on Sunday.  Not too bad considering how out of shape I am.  My knee does bark some and my leg muscles get really tight, but I am working on it.  I roll on my fit ball at least once a day and sometimes a lot more than once.

My buddy Tom is trying to get a team together for the Beach to Bay Relay and in a very rare move, I have said that I will do it.  I do not commit to things this early very often.  Of course if I am to be on the team, it will be a fun team and not a competitive team.  

This should be the world's greatest blog entry since I started it early this morning and am now finishing it at 4 in the afternoon.  This work thing gets in the way.  Come to think of it, sitting at my desk makes my hamstrings tighten up and then that makes my knee hurt.  I need to think some more about this.

Happy Trails......