Race for Hope 5K

Ran the Race for Hope 5k at Griggs Reservoir this morning. Ran this race last year for the first time, and since it’s literally across the river from my house, I felt a little obligated to run it this year. I had signed up for it months ago, but haven’t run hardly at all this year. I prefer running on the treadmill since I usually cheat by cutting my runs shorter outside on the pavement. The problem is that when we moved, we had the movers put the treadmill upstairs in a spare bedroom. Running on it in that location, creates the impression in the living room below that the ceiling will soon collapse. So we need to move the thing down to the garage or the basement, but it’s a beast of a thing to move and we haven’t gotten around to it.So long story short, I’m out condition for running, but I’ve been cycling and that’s at least kept me in good enough shape to finish the race. I came in about two minutes slower than last year at just over 30 minutes. The Delaware Pumpkin run is in two weeks, but it’s early in the morning, and all the way up in Delaware, so I’m not sure if I’m going to run that one this year. Either way, I hope to get back on the treadmill soon, today at least refreshed my memory about how much I enjoy running.

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