Belmont
Christmas
About ½”
Sat morn group runs
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:
Dec 7th
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:
Messiah
Performed December 7th, 2025, 3pm and 7pm, at Fredericksburg Baptist Church
General Election
Hartwood Precinct election officials at 5:55am: Darlene Cropp, Bob Jankovits, Michelle Harris, Shannon Shinskie, Perry Darley, Heather Smithson, Russell Reeves, Edwin Ridout, Susan Young, Chuck and Margery Schafer, Christine Ritenour, and (pasted in later) Electoral Board rep Lisa Nguyen. From 6am to 7pm, we checked in 1,902 of our 5,000 registered voters (including 28 who voted curbside) and collected ballots from another 27 provisional voters.
Delaware Races
Plaid to the Bone 10k
Owen’s first 10k race, and the first time we three raced together. Tim snapped our selfie moments before the start. Owen and Tim disappeared from my view before the first mile marker. Owen got an age-group 3rd place, men 19 and under, and 27th of all 105 finishers. Of 51 male finishers, Owen was 18th, Tim 21st, and I was 31st. I also made 1st of 3, M70-99, and 6th of 18, M50-99.
Virginia Ten-Miler
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.
