On Sunday morning (October 19th), I ran my second 5K Race for the Cure up in Hunt Valley, Maryland. This year, Diane treated me to a timed race: an extra $5 for a chip that would give me an official run time based on when I crossed the start and finish lines. The money’s for a good cause (fighting breast cancer), so the extra $5 was well worth it on many fronts. My unofficial race time, based on the clock at the finish line, was about 26:02. Today I found the official results. N.B. My chip time differed from the starter gun time by 5.7 seconds, which is about how long it took me to get from where I was standing to the starting line once the gun fired. Approximately 32,000 people walked, ran and jogged on this beautiful and crisp morning.

Official time (min.) 26:00.9
Pace (min./mi.) 8:23
Overall rank 448 / 2102
Rank in Men 40-44 30 / 83

My iPhone playlist for this year’s run:

Song Band
Volcano Girl Veruca Salt
Stupid Girl Garbage
Pretend We're Dead L7
Hey Man Nice Shot Filter
A Girl Like you Smithereens
Zero Smashing Pumpkins
Seether Veruca Salt