I’ve had a few issues with the old knee. I’m thinking it’s from the running on blacktop with shoes that have little padding. Don’t get me wrong, I loved those Nike Free Run shoes. It’s just time to think about other things.

I bought a pair of Mizuno Wave Rider 14. After a short run they seem awesome. I had a quicker more comfortable time. I’ll go for a longer run today to see how they do. I’m running the Grey Ghost 5k on Saturday and really don’t want to find out any surprises during the race!

The Halloween in the Gulch race was my best race yet. I had my best time, beating the old time by a few seconds. At the same time, it had the toughest climb of all the races. Just after we turned right on to Charlotte from 11th we had a four block climb from 10th to 6th Avenues. It was a 36 meter climb and it slowed a lot of folks down to a walk. My 2km split really suffered. I switched my watch over to distance on the the final KM and it really showed. Or I got really lazy. I’ll have to work hard on my 4th to 5th km.

Terri had been suffering from strained tendons in her foot. Even though she was hurting really bad she put up a good time. She finished 22 out of 45 with a time of 35:33. She really toughed it out but suffered a lot on Sunday.

The after race party was fun. We did bypass the pizza and go eat at Cantina Laredo. No doubt an upgrade to our dining that afternoon. You should really go to this place someday. Well worth the trip to the Gulch.

We’ll probably participate in this series more next year.

Today we are participating in the “I Run 4 the Party” 5K in the Gulch, in Nashville. It’s an afternoon race which is odd. But the reward should be good as there will be a big Halloween block party at the finish line. I do like races with a theme and this is supposed to one of the more popular series in Nashville.

Terri making the next-to-last turn. She is probably realizing it’s an uphill climb to the finish line!

Today we are running in Germantown’s Spaten Bier 5k Run. It is part of their Oktoberfest Celebration. Someone from there said they expect 35,000 at Oktoberfest. I wonder how many will be running?

This will be my third race out of six for the fall season. This is Terri’s first. She is going all out and dressing up for this. She has a German Girl dress to wear.