Spooktacular 5K Wrap Up

Last Saturday's race was one of the best ever for me. The weather, even though it started chilly, was perfect race weather! I felt good before, during, and after the run. The finish line seemed to come up quickly, and I didn't feel winded at the end! I ended up with a personal best for the day, 36 minutes!! I was so proud! I feel that I'm definitely ready for the Boro Dash, which is a 4 mile race, on Thanksgiving Day! Here are some race day shots! Starting Line Finish Line Post Race Sillies!

United Way Spootackular Tomorrow!

It's that time of year again! It's time for the 3rd Annual United Way Spooktacular! I've run this race every year, and I really enjoy it! This year I'm using it as a stepping stone to the Boro Dash, which is a 4 mile race. Slowly but surely, I'm upping my distance in races. Here are some finish line shots from the past 2 years:

Howl-O-Ween Wrap Up

We had a terrific Howloween yesterday! First thing yesterday, I got up early to participate in the United Way Spooktacular 5k race. When I got to registration, it was pouring the coldest rain. By race time, the weather broke and conditions were great for a race. I've only run 1 other 5k, since I got Bell's Palsy last November, and that was the Fenton Payne and Fred last August. I was WAAAAAY off my previous time then. So, I tried to be calm and run my own race yesterday. I was very pleased at the finish, when I heard that I was back to my pre Bell's race times. I finished in 37:45. I thought I was running a lot slower, so I was pleasantly suprised!!

At the finish line.

Me and my friend, Chuck Snell, who does lots of triathalons.

Victory pose.

After the race, Casey and I headed home and took a big, power nap! Afterwards, the puppies all modeled their Halloween shirts.

Later yesterday afternoon, Casey and I went next door to Mom's to hand out candy to the trick or treaters. We took Jack over with us, because we know that he doesn't door dash.

We also got to see my brother's dogs, who had their Halloween costumes on.

Here's Mom and her dog Moon.

Here's what the porch looked like. I carved the two doggie pumpkins.

All in all, we all had a great Halloween. Now onto November and the upcoming holidays.