Theodore, Alabama

Darrin and I went to visit Kathy. We had several things we were planing to do while we were there. First I was planning to run in The Battle of Mobile 5k and then it is Mardi Gras and I wanted to get photos of a parade. We did that and also helped Kathy out with some plumbing problems.

The Battle of Mobile 5k I ran in 39:45 which is a time I am happy with. During this race I got to try out my new gps watch. I set it to alarm if I ran slower than a 14 minute mile and I also set it for 3 and ones. The first mile my watch didn't make a sound. The second it alarmed a few times, but the last mile it would not shut up. I ran hard and felt it all day.

I had not had a chance to run much for most of December and January. I did get to run more 5ks than just running in December. Thanksgiving morning I ran the Turkey Trot 5k with Jackie, April. Pam, Trish, and Bobby Sue. Then on December 5 I ran the Jingle Bell Run 5k with Susan. On December 20 I ran the Rudolf Run 5k with Clay. Then we went to Dallas for Christmas. Lisa, Zac and I were going to run a 5k there but the weather got bad and they kept postponing the race so I decided that I didn't want to run that late in the day. I spent the first two weeks of the new year in Japan and did get to run while I was there.

After eating breakfast we went to watch the Rolling River Mardi Gras parade by Kathy's house. It was fun to catch beads and moonpies. This is a family parade and many of them park their trucks and get out the grills. I took pictures of people at the parade.