Half of Phil

We finished our 5k this past weekend.  The boy took 2nd overall and in his age group, the guy that beat him is apparently the top cross country runner at his HS, so no shame in losing to him. I didn't make it in under 35 min, but I got ever closer and I shaved almost 20 seconds off my PR from May.  So I'll take a new PR as win. I'll admit I was out of gas at the end.  I did manage to finish strong though despite seeing the clock was well past 35 min when I rounded the corner. I've been working on getting faster throughout a run versus slowing down as I had been doing in the spring and summer.  I was able to do that this Sat, but I had to walk a couple times to be able to keep up the pace.  Hopefully if I keep pushing myself on my Tue & Thur runs I'll get there.  2 More races are on my schedule for 2019! This week is BBQ week, so it's been a struggle to keep up with steps and exercise, but I'm sure I'll get back in the swing of things

We had a good camping trip with the CAD brethren!  It was crazy hot, mid to high 90s during the days.  Record breaking heat for whatever reason.  Anyway I was glad to get together with our friends.  We've been doing this now for over 10 years, how the hell does that happen?  Time flies when you're having fun I reckon. We did some fishing but I didn't catch a thing, the boys each caught some small bait fish. I've been running some, this week it cooled off a bit and this morning I was able to get my time creeping back down. We have races planned out for the rest of year. Cara's Purpose 5K  on Oct 19th at Frank Liske Park. Veterans Salute 5k/10k  on Nov 2 in downtown Concord NC Jingle Bull Run 5K  on Dec 14th to raise money for HRHS Booster Club So I got 3 shots lined up to make my 35 min time.  Hoping to make it. Next committed update 10/22