I'm not going to go all the way back to my last entry...mainly because I can't remember back that far, so I will start around the end of July. I went up to Ferndale Washington for my High School reunion. We'll just say it's been at least 10 years.  I had a generous offer from my friends (and former 3rd grade teacher and former boss), Barbara and Johnny to stay at their house and use their vehicle. I saw friends I hadn't seen in...well, at least 10 years. I also was talked into running a 5k race with a few of them...ok, it didn't take much convincing. Saturday morning I admit I did have second thoughts though as I was running on little sleep. Even so, I finished in 22:05, 12th overall and 4th in my age group. Yeah, 4th. I would have been under the 22 minute mark if the volunteer at one turn had told me and the runner ahead of mt to turn instead of just watching us run by. The guy behind us told us we were going the wrong way, so we had to backtrack some. Had a great time though, it's always fun to race someplace new. Great job to Ron and Shawna W., and Scott L. also.

    So, yesterday I signed up for the Flagstaff Barn Burner that had been postponed back in June due to forest fires. It's now Sept. 11th. I am racing with Kim H. as a 2 person team, so we alternate four 26 mile laps. It will be fun, and good training for the Gilmore Adventure Race Sept. 25th.

    The last week or more has been hot and sticky, but I have been getting out on the bike. Both mountain biking and road riding. My running still needs to pick it up some though. Figuratively and literally.

Cheers to all.....