Competition

The Tulip Time 5k/8k run took place in a track very close to my future residence. I didn’t know about the race before seeing the PDF map on the festival’s website. 5k, hmmm... Every day at the gym I run 2 miles. 2.25 if the morning’s coffee lingered in the blood. Last week I survived the 2.5 mile point. Anyway, these distances aren’t too much removed from 5 kilometres. Race day but I didn’t participate. Running a race adds the element of competition I’ve not yet contended with; at the gym, I compete with myself and the boredom of staring into a car park. And the treadmill is, you know, inside a climate-controlled environment. Running the distance seemed entirely plausible but the context supplied the wrench. While I didn’t run this race, the idea remains an entertaining one to.... uh, entertain. I saved the 5k race track map. When I can run 5k on the treadmill then maybe the outdoors version will be the new goal.

In related news, the scale reads 150lbs. Almost skinny!