Shamrock Shuffle 5k

yep, last week it was trail runs that I didn't like.  This week, it's 5ks.  Somehow, in the past year or so, they seem to have gotten longer - and made me uglier.  Really - I'm not making this up.

As evidence for my illogical conclusion, I present the following -

BEFORE:

Ah yes, happy to hang out with friends on a (very humid) Saturday morning in the park.  And then (dun dun dun) - the DURING and AFTER:

Yep, that's the look of "seriously? THAT slow?"
But, I always run with a purpose - beer

and dogs

(this is Ceci - super photographer) Thanks to Ceci and http://www.iaapweb.com/ and Scotty Dog for the pics!