Are you ready?  Maybe I am.  Maybe I’m not.  Here’s my history with the Run4Missions 5k.

2006
My first “official” 5K in several years.  Actually, I think it was my first 5K in a decade.  That includes official, unofficial, amateur, and imaginary.  I jogged a little leading up to the race.  The night before, I loaded up on carbs by eating a Chili’s with my family and the Fenimore clan.  My official time was 25:43.  I finished first in my age group.  I won a trophy.  But the most important detail is that I rocked the headband.

2007
I decided that it was time to get some work done.  I ran at least three or four times leading up to this race.  I was rewarded by dropping over a minute from my time and finished at 24:22.  The downside is that someone brought in some ringers and I didn’t finish in the top three in my age group.  You’ll note from the photos that I also shifted from a headband to a hat.  I did this because I didn’t want my opponents to see my eyes.  It’s kind of like playing poker.  If they could see my eyes, then they’d know which direction I was running.  This was a strategy to always keep them guessing.

2008
Um….well….um….you see.  There was this cake that was sitting all alone.  And my wife made me eat it.  Seriously, I would have set a course record in ‘08 because I trained for at least 2 days leading up to the event, but I was forced to eat this cake.  And then I had to watch a show.  And not just any show, but one where people act like animals.  It was crazy!  I can only hope that the race did not fall apart without me.

2009
The race will be on May 3 at 8:00 AM.  Rain or Shine.  I warn you…I have my game face on.  Well, I guess it’s really my “run” face.  You know, it’s the one where I look pained and out of breath.  Yeah, that one.  I trained for most of February and a couple of days into March.  I was busy in April, though.  At least my body will be rested for the event.  But either way, I’m going all out and I’m bringing home a trophy!  Think I’m lying?  Think I’ll puke my guts up before I cross the finish line?  Well you’re probably right on both accounts, but either way, I’ll be running.

Want in on the action?  No problem, there’s still plenty of time to sign-up.  But what if you live too far away and can’t make it for the race?  No problem there, either.  You can sign-up for just the T-shirt.  That way everyone thinks that you ran, but you never have to exert the effort.  Heck, if you throw in an extra $5, I’ll photoshop some pictures to make it look like you were there.  There’s only one question remaining…Are you brave enough to rock the headband?

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