Going Running Tomorrow…

Well, I’m Mostly Walking…

At almost 76, my running days are pretty much behind me. I can sort of run for thirty or forty steps, but only when the ground is very smooth. That fall while actually running three years ago and my shattered shoulder ended any real running. (Didn’t do my golf swing any good either.)

But I am still out there, going through the starting line with my timing bib and number on, and 5K later, a little over an hour after I start, I will walk across the finish line and they will hand me a participation medal. Sometimes I actually get in the top three because I am a faster walker than the four or five other people in my old-geezer age group.

Sometimes I am the oldest person in the race and the only one in my category. I find that sad, actually.

But tomorrow is the second Halloween run of the year (first one I did just over half because it got too dark and too many things for me to trip on, so I didn’t do the second lap.) I love all the costumes and kids having fun.

Going to be fun.