Today I ran my first 5k in 2 or three years, the Bil­ly Bass Run for Help. I’d link to the site, but the Greater Cleve­land Red Cross is doing funky stuff to their web­site. I took it easy today and ran a 26:10. Not very good, but like I said, I did­n’t run too hard. At 9:00 it was already in the upper eight­ies. The course was pret­ty straight-for­ward, a big loop and a small­er one. The end of the first mile comes at the hard­est part of the course, run­ning lat­er­al­ly up the long hill that leads down to the beach. The win­ning time was 17 some­thingerother. The ubiq­ui­tous road­race free t‑shirt was a bright blue.