Peachtree Road Race

I ran the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th this year. The only other time I ran this 10k was in 2006. It's the largest 10k in the world, with 55,000 runners starting at Lenox Mall in Buckhead and running into Piedmont Park in Midtown. I was in the very last starting group (because I didn't run any races in 2008, I couldn't qualify for a seeded number in the first 10,000).

I rode MARTA to the starting line, and of course, it was late. The only advantage was that when I got to the starting line, pretty much everyone else had already left (even my group). A few stragglers and I showed up and started running without the usual shuffling and slow pace you have at the start of every race.

It also gave the race photographers a chance to snap me without any obstructions. The last time I ran the race, I only had one picture to choose from, and this time I had 10.

Here are the pics.

25 Random Songs On Shuffle

I saw this on Facebook and decided to post it here...

Once you've been tagged... (1) Turn on your MP3 player. (2) Go to SHUFFLE songs mode. (3) Write down the first 25 songs that come up--song title and artist--NO editing/cheating, please. (4) Choose 25 (or so) people to be tagged. It is generally considered to be in good taste to tag the person who tagged you.

Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt - The Mars Volta
Homie Lover Friend (Remix) - R. Kelly
Time - Pink Floyd
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Holiday In Spain - Counting Crows
Shout - Otis Day and the Knights
Wandering Star - Portishead
Heady Riser - State Radio
You Should Have Told Me - Kelly Price
Selfless Cold and Composed - Ben Folds Five
Sideways - Santana ft. Citizen Cope
We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service
Detlef Schrempf - Band of Horses
Mrs. Officer - Lil' Wayne ft. bobby Valentino
Sweet Revenge - Spooks
Your Call - Secondhand Serenade
Act Nice and Gentle - The Black Keys
Ms. Jackson - OutKast
Luv 2 Luv Ya - Timbaland & Magoo
Latchmere - The Maccabees
Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys
Black Ice - Goodie Mob ft. OutKast
Adriene - The Calling
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Change the World - Eric Clapton