How does it happen that I am late to at least one race each year? It turns out that my "late" race this year was this morning's Super Dolphin Day Race. I had pre-registered for the 5K (which began at 10am), but I woke up early and decided to go on over to St. Simon's Island and do the 10K as well. The 10K began at 7:30, but I left in plenty of time to get over there and register before the race. I don't know if I just drove slow or if I drove through a hole in the space-time continuum or what, but the end result was that I pulled up to the race site 10 minutes before the race began- and they had already closed registration. Oh no! I begged the lady at the table to let me run. She stated that I could but could not guarantee that she would be able to get my name into the computer to have an "official" time. I didn't care, I filled out the form as fast as I could, pinned my number on, and ran to the starting line. I did really well on the 10K and finished with a time of 51:22- a new PR. Here's some more good news- the lady was able to get my name into the computer...but... I had been in such a hurry to fill out the registration form that I did not list my age (meaning I was not eligible for any of the awards). This stunk because I would have gotten second place in my age group. Oh, well.
After the 10K was over, I waited for the start of the 5K. (Thankfully, I had pre-registered for this and I was there on time.) Quincy and her friend Maura were coming to run the 5K, so I met up with them at the starting line. I did pretty well in the 5K and finished with a time of 25:13. Quincy and Maura also had good times. Those girls keep getting faster and faster with every race that they do.
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