Five Thousand Meters

Ron's right; it does seem bigger when it's spelled out.

5k
Five thousand meters
22:56
Twenty-two minutes and fifty-six seconds.
Not bad for not preparing in any way, running a competitive distance for the first time since November '95. That's a pace of about 7:23 per mile; way down from my high school worst (21:03), but over a half-minute lower than my pre-race e.t. goal of 24 minutes.

I'm really glad I didn't drive straight from the race up to Santa Fe for 9 innings as catcher... I probably would have died getting out of bed this morning.

In other news, I received three hundred forty dollars worth of new parts for the Cougar today. Actually, $270 + $70 shipping (!); it's expensive to ship steel. I got new front coil springs and rear leaf springs, and all associated hardware. I'll be ordering the rest of the front-end crap this week, hopefully, and the shock/sway-bar kit too. And then it's thrash time.


6"
Nine inches.
See? Works every time.