egads. being hurt early month and being sick this week did me no favors. My WORST race time ever! I did run until the midway point, but after that needed a few walking spells. Now when I say "I did run" I mean a slogged through the mass of thousands of people... my time would have been poor regardless of needing to walk - there were just way way too many people. I tried hard not to laugh at the poor ipod wearing 5Kr's who were getting run over by the 10K racers whipping by - they couldn't hear "stay right" yelled at them and just got whammed. really, I'm not so evil as to celebrate others being bowled over, but there were plenty of examples of why headphones are not race-worthy! now my finish was strong, I dug deep to kick in for a little finish past a woman who appeared to be in my age group and I momentarily felt elated for kicking by... until I realized that since we're chip-timed I really had no idea when she had started versus me. LOL. what a kick in to almost hurl for no known gain!

not kick it in? not race sick? not race with thousands of runners?

walk around until I didn't feel like hurling. returned my shirt to my body as to not scare more children. found water, goodie bag, shirt and headed to the car -- another benefit of parking on Julian - not blocked in to exit!


sickness, injury, hoards of people.