dashing like a warrior.

i ran a 10K this year

(and then a little bit more --

since the chalk path was washed away with the rain)

despite being a little stormy, my first 10+ was not too bad.

sometimes i run super-speedy-fast.

(there were no cars around for the picture below)

my most recent race was forrest's run -- a five-miler.

two of my co-workers ran as well.

 i won second place in my age group, just shy of 37 1/2 minutes.

sometimes i find legs on my run route.

last night i took a break from my rain run 

under the shelter of my fav sports boy's porch.

(he's got a nice view, huh?)

lucky for me to have good friends who will wait with me 

when the sky opens up and it starts pouring rain.

the next big race i have signed up for is the warrior dash.

in about 3.3 miles, i will -- 

-run through a rubber "jungle"

-hurdle over barricades

-rappel down a steep ravine

-"stampede" through a scrap yard of rusted metal

-climb over a "dead man's drop"

-go through a military crawl

-climb a rock wall and jump down the other side

-teeter through a "soaring" track

-trudge through a water fall

-maneuver over a cargo net

-leap over warrior fires

-and scramble beneath barbed wire in the mud

here's hoping i make it through august 18th ( :