this is how i’m doing: in case you were wondering…

Sitting at Starbucks, drinking my coffee, listening to Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane”, which is not about strong winds and heavy rain, though I still couldn’t resist in light of the actual hurricane moving through Texas today.

Yesterday was my last day at UNT and to punctuate the end of my time in the North Texas region, I ran a 5K today.  With hurricane Ike nipping on our heels, the great people of Sanger, Texas came out to put on the 30th Annual Sanger Heritage Sellabration and 5K run.  Bad pun aside, it was a refreshing event, reminding me of my college days in a small town.  As the community was setting up tents and tables to sell their crafts roughly 40 runners gathered at the starting line.  With such a small field I was a little concerned about pacing, and getting lost.  Within the first quarter mile I was in about the 7th position.  I would hold this spot for about the first half when I started to pick up my pace.  I finished 5th overall and actually won my age group while also setting a new PR!  23:27 which was a 7:33 pace; I’m happy with that, but I can (and will) do better.  I’m just glad that none of the faster 25-29 year-olds decided to run this one

Now begins my vacation before I start my new job, that I don’t have yet.  No worries though

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