I just gotta tell you, not bragging or anything, I not only completed the 5k run this morning (a goal in itself!), I won my age division and broke my personal best time by a minute (25' 10"). Yep, I'm feeling pretty perky.

It was hot and very humid out there, even at 8AM. No wind, however--just a light breeze. I thought I started out too fast, but seemed to get into a smooth gait with fairly long strides. Before long, I was passing the quick starters and just kept on truckin'.

My sister rooted me through the finish. We celebrated by going to the local fire department's pancake and sausage breakfast. I only had 6 and 2 respectively (roll eyes).

Now that the race is over, it would be easy to fall back into my old pattern of eating more and running less, but I'm going to fight it. The benefits and rewards of keeping in shape are too great. Of course, it means I have less time to spend on mybloggers, so forgive me for not getting around to reading all my friends' posts more regularly. I appreciate your patience.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Barack and Joe--GO!!