My Autism 10k

This past weekend I ran a 10k up in Chalfont, PA. The race was tiny (probably only about 60 people). One of the guys I work with was running it so i decided to as well. The day ended up being a warm and humid one. Nothing too exciting to report about the race. I started off way too fast with the first mile clocking in somewhere around 6:15. The 2nd through 4th miles went by without any hitches around my goal pace of 6:45. The fifth mile felt like a death march and I think the heat and humidity were getting to me. I was able to pick it up for the last 1.2 miles and finished up around 42:15 which is only a few seconds off of my PR, which is 42:11 at the Ben Franklin Bridge 10k. The great part of the race was that I won my age group and got a $10 gift certificate to dunkin donuts. The first edible prize I have ever won. sweet...

the other day I was reading an article about the government giving subsidies to companies that are refining coal into a liquid form that can be a replacement for foreign oil. While I am all for relieving our dependence on foreign oil, I guess I always hoped we could get away from producing greenhouse gases at the same time. I am not an expert on alternate fuel sources and I won't claim to be, but the interesting thing about the article was reading peoples responses to the article. There were a ton of people who said things like, "Global warming hasn't even been proven to be man made". Whether global warming is man made or not, it seems clear that global climate change my have catastrophic consequences... so no matter the reason for it, we should fight it as much as possible. Even if it is not man-made, wouldn't it be nice if we could reduce our carbon dioxide emissions and slow the process? seems logical...