Easter Run

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL. For those of you who missed this morning's Easter Run, we had a great, but small, group show up. Thirteen to be exact, nine of whom appear in the attached picture taken by Christine so that she can remember us during her summer off. More on that below. The picture includes Kimmy, Justine, Liz, Chris, Bob, Dylan, Jurgen (returning after an injury absence), Dave and me. Christine was on the other side of the camera. Also missing from the picture are Kim, Corey and Jon. By the way, the weather was idyllic. Had a second sighting of Justine and Kimmy near Rollins as they were completing their ten miler.

Following is an excerpt from Dylan's blog today:
I used all my free time during spring break to run ……… once, on Wednesday, for five miles. And today I really pushed it by running a whole mile more than last Sunday – seven miles (not counting the cheating shortcut I took with Jack).

[Warning - you had to be there] This morning’s effort started with an open-faced Liz sandwich scratch with Dave. Then we posed with the Secretary of da fence, Jack. And in honor of Christine’s last run of the season, she took a group picture of those in attendance.: She vowed to end her running season with today’s last run, because she expects the humidity to dampen her running mood. She’ll be jumping in the pool from now until late September.

I ran spells with Jack, Christine and Bob or combinations thereof. I had to make a pit stop along the way due to a wholly non-nutritional and system-upsetting dinner last night. I caught up by taking shortcuts with Jack who has a senior citizen’s license to take shortcuts.

So my week total of 12 miles bodes well to exceed my March total of 30 miles. Such low expectations. On the other hand, my Dead Runner Society spreadsheet reminds me I am 83 miles behind on the year’s goal. I guess I’ll have to set some goals soon, right after my seasonal allergies let up.

At least I signed up to man a water stop later this month with the Orlando Runners Club .

Note for Dylan: The above described routing ascribed to me is not a shortcut. It is a legal age-adjusted route for those over 75. Bob doesn't take them, but I do. Bob and I have a combined age of over 152 years now.

Dave has been working hard to rein in ORC water stop volunteers for the Corporate race coming up on April 15, so please let Dave know if you wish to join the fun, or sign up on the ORC website.

Hope to see you all in the next weeks.

Jack