highmark 5k

Bonnie and I did the Highmark 5K today in 51.38. Pretty dang good. We did no power walking segments. We just tried to keep a steady fast pace. Bonnie's goal is a 15 minute mile.

Because there was no "runners" we got to start at the front of the pack. (People did run.) The route was simple. Start at "Plaza Tropa-hell" under the Hill to Hill bridge, south over the Fahy, after navigating the detour, back across town via the Hill to Hill, and thru the historic district.

This walk had no entry fee. You collected donations for any one of 20 or so causes social agencies assembled. Mine was Habitat For Humanity. They only had 6 or 8 people on their sheet. Bonnie chose Best Buddies. That was an organization that Jarrod was involved in. Bonnie said they barely had a full sheet. I guess it's good that they got some donations, but there was a lot of people there. I guess the donations went to the higher profile groups.

We took the picture at the start. Nobody but a bike cop near the Highmark truck, so we did the arm stretch picture. I think it came out well. There were many mascots there, and I thought the Goodwill dog was cute. I ask it if I could take a picture, he shook his oversized head yes, and as I was about to snap it, the volunteer scooped away my camera and took a picture of us together.

I was chewing.

I was eating 50% reduced fat cheese from the refreshment stand. For low fat cheese it tasted fairly good. I'd even buy it. If I could sneak it past batty Patty.

We have one more 4-mile race on the 4th of July. Then nothing till September. It's just too dang hot.