3.2 and counting

Today rocked a lot earlier, as we woke up before 7am on a Saturday to run in the 1st annual Starr Hill-Westhaven 2 miler. This was a benefit race for the Westhaven Medical Clinic, which serves Cville's oldest housing project. Fittingly, not only was today the first for the race, but it also happened to be our first race together of the season. We decided last minute to do this as a warm up for the 5K next week in beautiful Richmond.

Two miles equates to 3.2 kilometers, and if those miles are in Cville you know they'll contain at least one hill. The race directors decided to put that big hill at the beginning of the event to ensure that I'd be chasing my breath for the rest of the course [mission accomplished]. The Mrs. [#7 finisher] beat me [#8 finisher] by a solid 10 yards to win our first-ever race together.

A special added bonus were the many familiar faces in the crowd who were participating, including the Media Whore, Flash, and lots of staff from CHS. There were also lots of students from the high school who were volunteering. To honor their commitment to get up early to volunteer for this race, I rewarded most of them with a memorable showing of their former teacher flailing his arms and legs while attempting to keep up with his fleet-footed wife.

After the race, we continued the morning with a delicious breakfast at Belmont's La Taza, where we sat outside and sipped leisurely on some great coffee. We also enjoyed seeing Daniel, who was walking his enormous Great Dane, Tyrone, through Belmont.

All in all it was a great morning, especially considering that it's UVA graduation weekend and we did not encounter any traffic or delays. There are an estimated 30, 000 extra people in town this weekend, but we certainly didn't see them. Now it's on to the K-man's 80's party extravaganza.