Second place is alright by me!

Yesterday was my neighbor's birthday and because he's so worth celebrating the usual group of neighbors got together for good food and drinks.  That was a lot of fun.  The not so fun part was getting up early this morning to drive to Fernley, approximately 40 minutes from here, to run in the 1st Annual Turkey Trot put on by the Healthy Communities Coalition to benefit the Fernley Stand Tall Scholarship program.

It got fun again when we started running.  It was a smallish group of about 50 of us that started in the cold morning air on the high school track.  And then it got less fun when we hit the silty dirt road and dropped to almost no fun at all when we hit two washboardy steep hills.  And, as is usually the case, it got fun again when we crossed the finish line.  The funnest part of all is standing around at the finish chatting with fellow runners, cheering those still completing the race and enjoying the accomplishment of the run.  And winning a big fat gift certificate for taking second place in your gender category!

Thank you HCC and your wonderful volunteers and sponsors.  Thank you, especially, to the Fernley Swimming Pool for providing swim passes to winners and participants and to The Peppermill Casino in Reno for the generous gift certificate!  I'll put them to good use!

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