Rabbit Run today

The saga of the turtle continues...

Well, I finished another 5k today. The Rabbit Run in downtown Panama City is part of the Junior Service fundraising efforts for groups such as Girls on the Run of Bay County, After School Assistance Program (ASAP), and JSL Child Service Center clothing distribution program. The weather was absolutely close to perfect. Low 70's with hint of breeze (which kicked up at the end) -- the course goes alongside the bay near the Panama City Marina... was nice watching the birds, in the shallow waters on the shore.

My time was decent enough, over 3 minutes faster than my last race the March for Misty 5k in Freeport, FL on March 27th and a good 5 minutes faster than the killer Run for Babies on March 13th. So three races in 4 weeks. Really not bad considering the sprained ankle injury on mile 1 February 13th at the Mardi Gras 5k in St Andrews.

I had a new playlist of songs on my mp3 player -- the song "sober" by pink had me moving pretty good as did the "rocking to the beat" by the Black-eyed Peas. I also included couple Michael Jackson tunes, overall the set worked pretty well but I need to add few more tunes. On the way home I heard "we got the beat" by the Go-Go's and that would be a great song in my running playlist. Some of the oldies have the kind of beat that inspires me as I struggle to post a decent race time. At the end I don't even hear the music as I really kick it hard the last few yards across the finish line -- I wish I could run that fast longer --- I would no longer be a turtle :-)

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