Still going..

Ran the Sycamore Pumpkin festival 10K on Sunday, against Hal's recommendations. Set a new PR of 45:54 in excellent weather. This is about 10 minutes faster than I ran it 3 years ago. Not too sore in spite of having run the marathon a week before.

Post race was fun. I waited in line for a few minutes to get a nice roller massage, drank a few beers (Blue Moon Pumpkin, Rolling Rock, served up in Cornelius kegs). Sat in the warm sun and enjoyed my fastest 10K ever. I am coming dangerously close to reaching my 45 minute goal for the year -- I think the hills slowed me down some and this time should be possible either in Westchester or Lincolnwood. Just need to do some reasonable training and not eat stupid things.

After the free beer ran out, I wandered to the armory and got some snacks. Dried out bagels, bananas, cookies, Gatorade, and some goos. Then I inquired about a group hanging around outside, and was invited to join. More Rolling Rock, sushi, smoked salmon, and home made "pretzel fingers" - soft doughy sticks with a dyed red almond on the end resembling a fingernail. Fun group. One guy that ran the race had surgery 3 months earlier and was happy to finish in about an hour. Pretty amazing! Wandered out of there around 12:30 and prepared myself mentally for the hour drive home.