The bald comment was less about my actual view of my receding hairline and more about how my hair looks weird in the picture. I can see a lot more cranium than usual. Some is due to actual thinning hair and some is due to just-removed-hat hair. In any case, it was simply an off the cuff observation. I look a lot more like my dad when he was 35 (I am 42 for another month) than I was ready for, though. As for Scorch the Earth, it had some training value, but mostly it was just a goofy thing to do. I bet many of you could do this if you wanted to. Some of you would catch more pace groups than I caught! (I missed 3:30, 3:20, and 3:10 for a complete set). I had fun. Thanks for the comments.

The Tacoma paper got a pretty cool picture of me coming into the finish (the clock says 3:34, but remember, I started at the very very back): http://www.thenewstribune.com/static/photo/#id=album-45919&num=915164 And here's a shot of "The Valley of Death". I ran with Gumbee - a poster from the regular board on this site - for a bit through here. As I pulled away, he told me that the blossoms matched my shirt . You can see why. http://www.thenewstribune.com/static/photo/#id=album-45919&num=915169 Hilly race.