INTRO  

I am Scott aka Scottydog aka Scotty Dogg, runner since 1983, cancer survivor – caught very early, so I actually had a fairly easy time of it - , retired Air Force, employee of University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), friend of dogs, fun-runner, and all-around punster and goofball.  In 2003 I had spinal arthritis flare up and ever since then I’ve done the run/walk method since it hurts my back too much now to run continuously with no walk breaks.  I’m on what I call my “2F Plan” which stands for Fun and Finish.  My only goals for a race these days are finish everything I start, have fun along the way, and finish standing up with no ambulance waiting for me.  At events that I now do for fun I carry my camera, chase “Great Legs” to help motivate my slow old man self to keep moving forward, and take pictures before, during, and after the race. Sometimes I even get a nice post-race sweaty hug from one of the Great Legs ladies.   I then do a pictorial race report of my events.  I also carry dog biscuits with me to treat any dogs I may meet at a run – unless it’s a mean dog; then the biscuit goes in one direction and I go in another.  Hence my nickname “Scottydog.”

And a big thanks to runningahead.com for allowing me a “home” for my many many MANY race reports and photos.  Great site, free training log; calendars; running routes; maps; conversation forums for runners; and much more

Here is yet another of my photo reports.  Photobucket is giving me a hard time now about uploading my photos, so the below is the link to the Facebook album I created for these photos.  It will ask you if you want to log in..just hit Not Now and that will disappear and then you should be able to see the photos.

My 74th race of 2017 was the Day of the Dead 5K.  Held on Oct 28 at 5 PM at a local San Antonio Park.  There was also a 10K.  We had a cool front come in, so it was relatively cool, nice.   Even so, the 10K route was right into the sun and they had a few hills.  We 5K folks had a pretty flat course and shade along the way.   I ended up with 33 minutes and change and got 2nd in my age group.  I think we were the only two in our age group, lol, because the age group was 60 - 99.

After the event, there was a costume contest, some door prizes, and also lots of goodies like Kiolbassa Sausage and Alamo Beer - my favorite locally brewed beer.    Mucho thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors, timers, etc. all the folks that made this one happen for us.

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