Hey, Blaine, I THOUGHT I saw you cross the finish line this moring! I hesitated, though, and before I knew it, you were gone. I couldn't run because of my ankle, but I was there to watch my daughter and my friend. Katy finished in 28:15 - not a PR, but still good for a 10-year-old! It was SO hard to be a spectator! I felt like wearing a big sign that said, "I really AM a runner, but I'm injured!" Oh, well. Then Logan ran in the New England meet. His 4x800 team had the fastest time of a Maine school (8:09), and he PR'd by 18 seconds in the 3200-meter in 9:39 (2nd fastest time from Maine). A good day for running!

Great job, Blaine! I think you and Logan are part billy-goat! I just heard that the state XC meet is going to be at Twin Brook this fall, because the Leavitt course doesn't stand up well in the wet conditions we seem to get every October. Good news for Greely! They have a good shot at repeating as state champs this year. Do you know which road races you will be running this summer? So far, I've signed up Logan for the July 4th race but not any others. His coach told him to take TWO weeks off from running. So his first words to me were, "OK, I"ll take Sunday off and then start biking on Monday!" The kid is driven. He is a FAST biker, too - can beat DH easily, and that's saying something. OK, time to stop chattering and get the kids off to school. Have a good week!

Don Penta's Photos are now up. I didn't see any pictures of your daughter, but there might be a second set coming. He only has pictures of maybe 2/3 of the finishers.

The next Auburn 5k is this Saturday, 7/26. Come check it out.

I'll be there. I'm registered for all three.

How did the race go??

I thought it was really cool when those guys donated their winnings. Blaine, you'll probably see Stan sometime soon, tell him there are lots of folks in Auburn that think he's a good guy. I had fun at the race. My goal was to take the first mile easy and then pick it up for the second and bring it back a little for the third. The hill right after the second mile marker usually hits me like a brick wall, but I was able to run through it this year after slowing a little bit. My splits were 7:28, 6:39, 7:39 and I finished in 22:34. I was hoping to run a little faster, but this was a pretty good time for me on this course, so I'm happy. In the past, I've struggled to break 24 on this course. I'm really hoping to break 22 at the Bridge Run. Looking at my calendar, it's not very far away. I just have the Beach to Beacon before the bridge run on the 24th.

I thought it was really cool when those guys donated their winnings. Blaine, you'll probably see Stan sometime soon, tell him there are lots of folks in Auburn that think he's a good guy.

Will do.