race day is here! I am psyched!

wish I was more prepared but just gonna go have fun and see what I can do with my old man body

#SantaCruz #WharfToWharf

Today I beat my previous best time at #WharfToWharf by 5 minutes amongst the 16,000 participants 🎉#SantaCruz #Crohns #IBDAthlete #run
https://strava.app.link/BwdOzmmRBLb
Finished the 2024 #WharfToWharf race in 51:37, which was 1,748th place overall (of 16k+). Pace was 8:36/mi on a paved, mostly flat 6 mi course. Pretty much the same time as when I last ran in 2022, so I’ll take it!

another #WharfToWharf 6 miler in the books! a total blast, and I did really well! 54:55 official, my second best time in ten years of running this race

and now I can feel every creaky ancient body part I've got 🥳

Fun #VP #kamala2024 quote, "Trump is old and quite weird", per #DailyKos.

Before heading out to the #SantaCruz to #Capitola #WharftoWharf 10K race, I saw this little amusement. Good way to start a race on the weekend.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/27/2258596/-Kamala-calls-Trump-weird-Goodbye-tough-guy-image-nothing-cuts-deeper-than-scorn?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Kamala calls Trump “weird” - goodbye ‘tough guy’ image, nothing cuts deeper than scorn

The Harris campaign is calling Trump “old and weird.” It is a masterstroke. Nothing punctures the over-inflated ego of a toxic narcissist quicker than being thought of as a lumbering oddball. The strategy has legs. Trump compulsively provides evidence...

Daily Kos

pretty great #wharftowharf today after all! because of my foot injury earlier this year i could only train for about 6 weeks. usually i train for at least four months

my stretch goal was to crack an hour and i hit 59:58 on my watch! 🏆

i felt strong and connected all the way through, and it was nice and cool, and everyone's energy was poppin off

race day is here! hoping for a great #wharftowharf today. the weather is nice and cool and overcast, as usual. no photos as I'm leaving my dead weight phone behind. they put me in corral 1 behind the elite runners so my game face is ON

Kathy and I are getting ready for the Wharf to Wharf race. This will be about our 12th in a row, less the pandemic canceled races. This year is the 51st annual race. It starts at the Santa Cruz wharf and Beach Boardwalk and courses along the coast ending 6 miles later at the Capitola wharf.

While the elite runners are competing for time and prize money, most of the rest of us are out for fun, often stopping for a bit to listen to the 50 or so bands that play along the route.

The race is limited to 16,000 participants but it's divided into corrals so while packed for the first mile or two it's reasonably open.

https://wharftowharf.com/wharf-to-wharf-race/#tab-course_information

#running #wharftowharf #SantaCruz #Capitola