I’d gotten wind of this race somewhere along the way, watching for interesting virtual races.  An outfit in Utah, Geek’d Out Running Club, put it on, and they seem to have a lot of these science fiction themed races, this one being Doctor Who themed..  In fact, this race also has a “in person” event this weekend in/near Salt Lake City.  I signed up for this, thinking that this weekend was a pretty quiet one for me.  However…

This morning, I kinda didn’t wanna get up.

Darla had an outpatient knee procedure yesterday, and I took both yesterday and today off to help her out.  I slept just a little bit late yesterday, and when sunrise came this morning, I tried hard to kick it to the curb.  However, I’m just a bug compared to the Sun, so it won, and I got up, pulled on my running duds, and went out.

It was hot yet again this morning in Da Lou.  This past Sunday, my race started at 48° in the sun.  This morning, it was 75°, cloudy, and ohhh so muggy.  Not great conditions for this running dude.

However, I drove up to the Greenway, and put my happy face on the morning.  And it really ended up being a pretty good trek.  I kept it slow, knowing that the heat can debilitate me pretty quickly if I’m not respectful of it.  And I put a carrot at the end of my stick…

Starbucks!

I’d gotten a couple of offers from Starbucks, one for a free drink, and another for a free breakfast sammich.  Conveniently, my 5K course ends at their door, so that worked really well.  I picked up a bacon-egg-cheese croissant and a Frappucino, sat outside, and had a nice little reward for morning well-started!

This race benefitted the American Childhood Cancer Organization.

Race Course