My turn to take the picture. We run for an hour. Then we sit around and talk about it for an hour. (File photo follows from Nov 22, free donut day.) Also see Sunrise Running, updated.
Sometimes even Friday morning, before the young folk have to go to work. File photo, Oct 24th:
Got the Christmas lights put up before it got cold.
Final night for the lights, Epiphany, 6 Jan 2026, 10:10pm, with the big full moon:
Performed December 7th, 2025, 3pm and 7pm, at Fredericksburg Baptist Church
Run 2025-56, Sat Sep 27th, 8am, 51st Virginia 10-Miler, my 28th. 1:49:28, 10:57 pace, 1st of 3 M75-79, 89th of 163 M50+. Beat my 2024 pace by 11 sec. Rained the whole way, sometimes heavily. 68°F, 20°C, Humidity 96%, Wind NE 6mph, UV 0, AT 65°F, Activity Feel 65°F. Below, our team from Fredericksburg Area Running Club (Karen H, John A, me, Jeff H, Brian M, 8:23!), moments before the start, then later at the Waffle House. Winners: Athanas Kioko, 48:14, and Werkuha Getachewali, 54:53. Finishers: 563 women, 836 men. Results of the open team competition: TBA.
Thanks Tim & Elspeth (and the Jeep) for dragging the big one into place!
Summer Opera at Wolf Trap
Run 39, race, Fri 4 July, 7:30am, Fallen Heroes 5-Miler, new course, my time 49:27, 9:54 pace, 1st of 6 men 70-99, 33rd of 71 men 50-99, sunny, 68°F, 20°C, Humidity 87%, Wind NNW 1mph, UV 1, AT 72°F, Activity Feel 72°F. I’d done a 5-mile warmup. Photo shows FARC club members at the start. Race finishers: 432.
after a quick jaunt to the bottom of the jungle, 4pm, 94 °F, 34 °C.