Did the Riverton 10k today. I was pleased that my daughter came along to do the fun run. This was after a week long of hearing her protesting and saying, "I don't do land sports". She finally came around. I hope she had enough fun to want to do another fun run. I'm now working on trying to convince my teenage son to do the Des News 10k. There were a lot more people doing the 10k than I thought there would be. It made me a little nervous. I was happy to get a txt message of encouragement from Quiet Pirate, right as I got to the starting line. RAD was my running buddy for the morning. She was nice to slow down enough to run with me. I appreciated the company and she talked so much, the time passed quickly. In the midst of all the chattering, I did hear her share some good gems of advice. A lot of talking, a lot of laughing, and thank goodness, no crying along the way. :) I sprinted the last bit and was happy that my time was 2 minutes faster than my Des News 10k time last year. When I told my kids I placed 98th, they laughed at me and joked, "how many people were running, 99"? A fun morning. Went home and ended up doing a couple hours of yard work in the hot sun. That sucked. I'm looking forward to the Des News 10k. Not going to do any yardwork after I finish that run, just relax, have fun...and eat yummy food. | 