Katy Half Marathon, Katy, Texas, February 12, 2022

 Number 85

Houston Half, January 2022

Today I ran and jogged the Katy Half Marathon in Katy, Texas, a small city just to the west of Houston. It was a pleasantly cold day but tolerable! 

Now, reason #9, "Why I Run Half Marathons"

Breakfast the morning of and the Lunch (and the shower) after the race. 

My favorite race breakfast is: oatmeal, a banana and eight ounces of water. I know that does not beat Eggs Benedict at Katheryn’s Bakery in Wash Park in Denver, but it sustains me through most of the race. THEN.... the HUGE payoff is after the race. I can eat ANYTHING I WANT because I just burnt 2,000,000 calories for two and a half plus hours and no one is going to get in the way of me and a pint of Haagen Dazs Coconut/Pineapple Ice Cream.

I pause to remark: I exercise total disregard for the amount of sugar and fat I consume after a race. Now, granted, my trigicerides tend to skip to the top of the chart and into the dangerous level, but it’s only for a half a day, .......... I think...... Actually, I hope.

And then the SHOWER....In twenty minutes, I am as fresh as a newborn, sitting at my table, writing this blog and rattling on and on with a mug of fresh Arbuckle Mexicali coffee by my side. But after a while, I am pari passu with my readers’ wandering attention, and I finally run out of creative energy and I post my longwinded missive for reasons unknown, unknowable, and uninteresting.

Next race? Ventura Half Marathon in Southern California on February 27th. I have got to rest these legs, lungs and heart! I LOVE running near the Pacific Ocean!!!