Sunday was the 26th running of the Cherry Creek Sneak and my 2nd running of it. This 5-mile jog is often called the official start of the running season. I don't really know if that's true or not, but with these cute little cherries running around all over everything, why wouldn't you want to run it? It was a spectacular morning and a spectacular race. The t-shirts were good this year and made a great uniform for race day. I finished in 48:45, placing 159th of 433 runners in my division. This is a great improvement over last year, where I placed 284th of 414. My time in the 2007 race was 58:14.

So Go Me!; I improved. But I still crossed the finish line right behind an 80 year-old man and just in front of a woman pushing a DOUBLE jogging stroller. So I stay humble and hope for an even better race in 2009.