I can barely see the road, with all the heat comin' off

Now that I've cooled off a bit from the whole Boston thing ... 

A Selection of Things Around and About the 5K Race I Ran Two Weeks Ago

Among the racers who blew my doors off:

--A lady pushing a TRIPLE stroller (filled with three 2.5-year-olds eating granola bars)

--A group of high school girls

--A guy pushing a stroller

--An eight-year-old girl (BRIEFLY!)

--Several women significantly older than me

Racers whose doors I, in turn, blew off: 

--A fair number of high school/college aged kids

--The "Runnin' for the Wine at the Finish Line!" glitter-T-shirt gals

--Several senior citizen ladies and gentlemen

--Most of the stroller-pushers

--That goddamned eight-year-old. SMAAAASH!!!

My results: 

--10th place in the 30-39 division

Where that time would've put me in the 40-49 division I'll be in next year: 

--14th

What I felt like, as I was running: 

--Linda Hamilton in T2 (looks), the entire Polyphonic Spree (joy)

What I actually looked like in the two official race photos I was in, taken along the course: 

--A manatee wearing a hilarious "human" costume for manatee Halloween

Likelihood of me participating in this or any other run-racing event, if you had asked me at any time in the previous 39.25 years of my life: 

--0%

Likelihood of me doing this and many other run-racing events again and again until my hip flexors spontaneously combust or my entire family stages an intervention: 

--100%