Category: Health

RiverFront Run »

Last Saturday was the annual RiverFront Run here in Albany. For the second time, I ran in this race. I was able to beat last year’s time with 27:42 and moved to 102nd place.
Though I improved on last year’s race, I was once again bummed at my race time. I was hoping to pick up [...]

Jingle Bell Jog »

A week ago Saturday (Dec 2), I completed my third 5K race - the Jingle Bell Jog. My time was 26:18 which was 18 seconds slower than I wanted to run. It was good enough for 89th place overall and 5th in my age category.
I enjoyed this race more than the others because [...]

Chili Run »

The official results are in.  I placed 58th and my time was 27:36.
To finish in the top three of my age catergory, I would have to ran the race under 22:50.  The winner of the race finished in 17:29.  Very impressive.

Almost World Famous Holiday Chili Run »

I ran my second 5K race this morning. According to my un-official results, I finished in 58th place with a time of 27:32. The official results should be posted Monday or Tuesday.
How did I move up from 117th to 58th from one race to the next? There is a good reason: the 15K [...]

First 5K Race … in a long time anyway »

Two pieces of background information about me.
1) Back in high school at South Cobb (1987), I was on the track team. I ran the 100, 200, 400, 400 meter relay and the mile relay. All of those races were full on sprints. The fastest one to finish line wins. Don’t worry about conserving energy, [...]