~3.1 miles @ ~8.8 min/mi

Free beer (of which I don't partake) and free ice cream (which I can't resist) — kudos to the Bachman family! Official result: of 169 total runners, I'm 59th of 105 men and 5th of 12 in the 55-59 year male cohort at 27:37 total time. Slower than last year or the year before, but at least I don't fall down.

Barry Smith kindly gives me a ride to today's race; afterwards Emaad Burki and I treat him to a birthday dinner of Mexican food. Comrades Dee Nelson and Warren Prunella greet me in the first mile. A young lady passes me about mile 1.8, and I pant out data for her on how much farther we have to go and our current speed, based on the Garmin GPS display. Afterwards she and her father come up to me as I'm standing in the ice cream line and thank me for helping her.

(photos by Trey Kincaid)

(cf. 2008-08-16 - Comus Run 2008, 2009-08-15 - The Bridges of Sligo Creek Trail plus Comus Run, 2010-08-21 - Comus Run 5k XC, 2011-08-20 - Comus Run 5k XC, ...) - ^z - 2012-09-06