Not Running Sucks!



Back to irony! I just finally admitted in my last post that after over 59 years, I can no longer call myself a runner. It’s hard to accept because running has been a really major part of my life, more so since turning 60. I had every intention of running races through my 70’s 
and hopefully beyond. “Man Plans, God Laughs”. So there it is, I’m saying it again, “I am no longer a runner”! The irony comes from the fact that I found the shirt this weekend. 

Charlie and I went to Mt. Hood this weekend to watch Gerald and Kari Romero compete in the USATF National Mountain Running Championship race. It was a fun weekend and definitely fun hanging with the running community again. 

When we got to Government Camp they had t arrived yet so we drove up to the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood and saw the place where the outside scenes for The Shining were filmed. 






We had lunch at Charlie’s Mountainview Restaurant in Government Camp. The food was good and catching up and visiting was even better. Then we drove over to see where the race would actually be run. Other than the smoke that could have led to race cancellation it was a beautiful place for a race. 









Even though you could only watch part of the race it was still a great atmosphere especially when finishers could be seen coming back down the mountain. I spent a lot of time visiting with people from Vancouver, Washington who had a son/brother racing. After the race I got a chance to meet the winner and defending World Champion Grayson Murphy. I had just watched her finish 6th in the steeplechase at the Olympic Trials. 



Gerald and Kari both raced well on a tough course. Gerald finished 2nd in the 45-49 age group and he turns 50 in two weeks. 









It was a good weekend and great being among the running community again even just as a spectator. 

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