Derby Street Mile

The Derby Street Mile in Salem was this past month, and I entered it for all the wrong reasons. One mile through my neighborhood… easy, right? Well, for those who have never tried to run a mile in competition, let me declare, it is one mile of a full-on, hard as you can, hellish sprint.  However, I finished without the embarrassment of stopping, puking or losing to anyone younger than 12, or older than 60.  Although, the gentlemen in the thumbnail photo wearing red, who is 60, beat me at the finish. For the record, I was the first to order a post-round beer at the Pig’s Eye.