Monster Run

This morning was another 5K that did not go off as planned.

Organized by two separate organizations -- the Y and a Non-Profit Charity, I arrived to find the Y had pulled out at the last minute, leaving the non-charity to make do with a whole lot less than last year. Gone was the Zumba Warm-Up, vendors, face painting station; also gone were all the Vampires, Zombies, Monsters at every step along the course. We did have one lone monster … this guy.

And there were so few people in the Walking Category that I decided to skip it and head back home.

After returning to the car, removing my sword, gloves, I heard the emcee call “5 Minutes” on race start, decided to put my gear back on and walk the course to see what Pokémon were available and capture a few shots of post worthy costumes.

No special Pokémon were found and, it was a very boring course with no Monsters along the way, only these two volunteers who were more cute than scary.

But I finished – pain free, nothing hurt.

My results came in at 1:05:57.

I could not accept the Spooktacular’s 1:06:57:9 results as any way possible, because there was no pressure for me to keep pace with the other participants -- I walked slow, hunted Pokémon, took my time; but 1:05:57 is on-point this time because the course was all flat, some sidewalk, some asphalt, and I had to push myself to keep pace with others.

Compared to previous years, it’s been a dismal under whelming Halloween month, capped off with this, my tenth and last 5K of the year.

I found it prophetic that the weather turned dark, gloomy.

I was already home napping by the time the rains came.