Hurt so good!!!

did the Morris Mauler for the third or fourth time (think the third). WOW!!! There's a vertical hill, a.k.a. "The Bastard" rated a 9.3/10. Between that hill and "the steps" (68 steps) it's a killer. The rule of thumb is add a minute or so to your average, and that's what your time will be. I came in a lil' over 10 mins. Ran 1/2 way up The Bastard, then walked, then ran 6 paces to the top (Helen was there cheering). OUCH!!! A REAL 5k with balls deluxe!!! I was 20 seconds behind Tom, what does that tell you (of course, he did the Greenbelt 25k yesterday-a race I did as a 50k and swore to never do again, he concurred). The director has the right idea-i.e. you pay one fee to reg, then if you want, $5 per shirt-long or short sleeve-with specific shirts for sale only to repeat runners of this ball breaker. GREAT idea.

Funny, people noticed our gang wearing the colors, were amazed we'd come "all the way from Queens" for this race. "All the way?" 45 mins? Not far at all. Proves everyone knows Alley Pond.

Had a blast, lots of good pix, they'll be below in days to come. For now, Elik grabbed a good one of me @ the LI 1/2, see below.

Mother's Day sucks. No getting around it. With Shebitch as the other gender (can't quite say "female," mental people have no gender), this entire weekend would've been a wash had it not been for Pret's high cut. Nice showing dear!!! Appreciated it. Oh yes, the races too. Real fun there (sick idea of "fun" n'est pas?).