I managed to avoid all the media insanity today, I also promised myself that I would not rant about what this day might mean to me.

So, instead, I'll rant about how disappointed I am about not getting an official time for yesterday's 5k. I'm new to this running thing, so when I registered for a 5k that claimed to be digitally timed, I expected to get a reading of my time from start to finish that did not care where in the pack I started. I heard the thing beep when the digital chip they gave me to attach to my sneaker crossed the start of the race, and spent the past day eagerly awaiting the results.

To my surprise, it turns out that the folks that organized the race are unable to give me anything but the time from the start gun to my finish. I hate when things happen that make me regret being polite. If I had stood my ground and use my elbows to keep in the middle of the start pack, I'd have a much more accurate idea of how fast I ran. Oh well, next time I know to ask for details about how a race is timed, will they be giving start to finish results for each runner or only "gun times."

It's also frustrating to not be able to compare myself to the other runners. I'm pretty sure that the person ahead of me in the age-group finish order, and a few folks in the overall finish order ran a slower race than I did, but more than finish order, I really just wanted an accurate time on my own race. However, even with having given everyone ahead of me in the race a 2 - 30 second head start, I finished 57th out of 138 runners, so I'll just be happy about that.

today's photos:

an animation of Farfel chasing his tail

 

we're #2?