Girls on the Run 5k in One Hour!

Carson, with her running buddy Miranda, getting ready for the Corvallis Girls on the Run 5k!

With the finish line at the 50-yard line in Reser Stadium!

RUN LIKE A GIRL!

Girls On The Run All Up In My Face

OK, let me get the disclaimer out of the way right up front...because my wife said I had to: Girls on the Run is a fine organization full of wonderful people accomplishing fantastic goals.

Then why do they hate me so much!?!

Let me explain. No there is too much. Let me sum up.

So, if you have a really good memory, you'll remember WAY back in June of 2009, I ran my last Girls on the Run 5k, right here in Corvallis. Yeah, that was the race that didn't have a volunteer or a marking at the turnaround, causing about the first 50 runners to cover an extra 1.2 miles. Yeah, I wasn't happy about that.

Then, in the 2011 Girls on the Run 5k, just a few weeks ago, I ran what can only be termed an uninspired and unmemorable race, but, and this is the important part, I did indeed RUN.

So, you might ask, why then, are you not listed among the 500 runners in the results?

Well, that's a good question, isn't it?

I believe it's because Girls on the Run organization hates me for some reason. Hey, I'm a nice guy! What's the deal?

In case you were wondering, I finished 14th, about two seconds after Mr. Williams, my son's old fifth grade teacher. Go ahead, just write my name in there. In pen.

Why does it matter, you ask? It was just a small 5k, with very few speedy runners entered, and for a charitable cause, to boot.

Hey, I'm a runner. It just matters.