That Would Be Capitol

Rode my bike through some sketchy parts of the West End to run the Beltline 5k this weekend. Here is the starting lineup. I was right up front, maybe 12th-ish place at the line. Then I was quickly 30th, 50th, 300th… I did stop to tie my shoe once. I came in at 31:04… I was pretty sure it was 30:56.. but either way it doesn’t change my 24th place finish in my age bracket. Unfortunately 24th doesn’t get a podium position. For comparison, the winner in my age bracket finished the 3.1 miles in 18:10. I was shooting for 30 minutes flat. I haven’t run even a block since The Color Run though I do ride the bike around a little bit. Will have to work on that running stuff.

Afterwards I drove to The State Botanical Gardens in Athens to meet Brent and shoot some video for a book he’s a working on and take a couple of photographs.

Then today we went to the dog park where my dogs sat around and looked at all the other dogs chasing balls and running around playing with each other like normal dogs would do.

Stella says “So this is fun huh? Can we go home now?”

Though she did eventually find someone with a sandwich.

Meanwhile Riley hovers all over me and constantly rubs against my leg to affirm my presence. Yep, I’m still here buddy. Then he watches all the other dogs running around sniffing each other.

And stuff like that. Today’s lesson from the dog park: Never be afraid to date out of your league.

Riley did make some friends with a toddler and her mom.

Rest of the day’s been pretty lazy. Visited Nick and Chris at Motorcar Studio to check out a replica Ford GT40 they had in for service.

And watched with amusement as a fierce battle raged on for about 30 minutes. This one a territorial dispute over ownership of a dog bed that neither of them care about usually.

But it was worth it.