Memorial Day was the first “run” of the 5K Season… well, at least for me. I really need to remember to turn my camera on the crowd before the beginning of the race. I think I recorded a short movie of one race in Orange County last season, the energy at the beginning of a race can be pretty amazing. Since I began running a couple years ago I’ve always ran with my iPod blasting the tunes, but toward the end of last season, particularly the Susan Komen 5K for Breast Cancer last year, I’ve decided to tap into the energy of the crowd instead of depending on my iPod. That was an amazing race. Then after that I ran with my friend Colleen and that really helped keep me going. Alas, at the Saddleback Memorial Half-Marathon/5K there was no running buddy for JBB and no waiting entourage either (no surprise there). There was the Orange County Sheriff’s Academy of Cadets running in formation, staying ahead and then running alongside that group during mile two was quite the incentive. Alas, I probably didn’t last much more than a 1/2 mile at their pace. They had advertised a more “runner friendly” 5K course this year… I think the new course meant taking the four hills and changing it so that there was one short hill and one long hill (that was almost a mile on its own!). I felt pretty good about my time: 32:40. When I checked with last year’s records they were all about the same pace (somehow I forgot to record my time with Colleen… gee, must’a been distracted). Time to sign up for the next few races (now that I’ve taken this whole week off… oops). JBB

p.s., I just got an email from Brightroom, the folks who take pictures of runners at these events. Guess how many pictures they got of me this time? Yeah, that’s right: zero. Run one time with a pretty lady and get three pictures, run with your own ugly self and they decide against the risk of breaking their cameras. Thanks guys. JBB

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