Achy Breaky Bod

I'm feeling quite the old man today - I have yet to recover from the weekend. The physical activities started on Saturday with my digging tree holes - not too bad, just some sore arms and shoulders.

On Sunday morning, though, we participated in the Capitol 10'000. Rita came down to Austin for the event and the three of us were walking the 10km route. Meredith O drove with us to the event, but she actually ran the whole route. The day was perfect for a road race. The morning was in very low 40s, but the sky was blue and it warmed up nicely by the time we finished the race. We walked it in just under one hour and 27 minutes - about three minutes faster than the Cowtown 10K we did a couple of weeks ago. Running shoes are definitely much preferred over hiking boots for something like this (I don't know what I had been thinking).

BTW, I very much preferred the Austin race to the Ft. Worth one. The weather was equally great, but the Austin route is much more varied. You get to go through the middle of town and neat neighborhoods where the wild flowers and wisteria are in full bloom. There are also bunches of people lining the streets just hanging out and cheering you on and quite a few bands providing live music throughout the route. Yep, the Cap 10K is definitely the zanier of the two events.

After lunch I spent a nice two hour nap in my recliner and then headed out planting the trees (not much work there). Then the O'Reileys came over with their dogs and we want for another hike and spent almost two hours in the park. By that time I could feel all sorts of muscles and joints in my legs.

So today my glutes are screaming and my left knee is aching and I don't feel too chipper. Still, it was lots of fun doing all these things. Next year we'll need to come up with some cool costumes for the Cap 10K.