racing and its rewards

Last Friday, Aug 1, was the Draper Mile. This is a downhill running race that is associated with the downtown Stepin' Out festival and finishes right downtown. Tom and Ana were here to visit so Amalia and I decided to race. Amalia did the kids race which was a couple of blocks long. Lisa helped Amalia on track and she was probably the youngest competitor and thus won her age group! She got a medal and was very proud of it. Afterwards I raced the 1 mile event. I ended up 26th overall and 2nd in my age group with a time of 4:53. Thats 3 seconds faster than last year so I was overall happy. It was pretty hot and miserable. Amalia decided to celebrate with a fudge dipped banana and even ate some of it!