Weekending –

Several things have gone right these last few days:

·        I was able to defer my jury summons with no questions asked.  I just picked a date in June and at that point I will tell them I no longer live in Dallas County

·        I passed my AU 65 exam with flying colors.  I either studied way more than I thought, am smarter than I give myself credit, or am an excellent guesser.  Basically as soon as you submit the exam they tell you pass or fail.  Later they send you a breakdown with an excellent, good or pass.  I got an excellent and there was only 2 chapters out of 13 that I didn’t do excellent on…whew.  Now I have my $$ to sign up for the Goofy Challenge.

·        Ran an excellent 10K on Saturday morning.  Race recap below!

Saturday morning was a 10K race celebrating the opening of a new bridge in Dallas; even though the open was actually delayed three weeks.  It is quite a cool looking bridge.  I got up ridiculously early to get downtown.  All the highways are under construction, and they were expecting over 3000 runners so I knew it was going to be a pain.  I went super early, had no problems and got great parking.  I also go to use the port-a-potty before there was a line.  It was a perfect morning for a run.  Cool temps, the sun was out, a slight breeze to cool you down, but not slow you down.  Running just based off feel for the first several miles.  Most of the time I was in the low 8’s for my pace, at one point I looked down and I was running at a 7:44 pace.  Definitely needed to slow down just a bit.  We crossed over the bridge within the first 0.25 miles and then back over it at Mile 6.  Getting up the incline on the way back was a challenge, but at least I was able to push through it.  On the bridge everyone was stopping to take pictures and running looking up at the bridge instead of in front of them.  It caused a few minor ‘accidents’ but nothing a little bobbing and weaving couldn’t fix.

Finished with a PR 50:47!!!!  In January I ran a 10K which I considered an unofficial PR, because the timing system was broken, so I went off my watch.  And that was 53 minutes.  This one is way better, and it’s official.

After the run it was time to enjoy the day with a beer.  This is one of the races that being a member of the DRC give you a discount.  It was $15 for the 10K, a shirt, and they gave you free beer.  Not a bad deal at all.