Happy Father's Day!

Rhian and the kids traveled to Grant Park Father's Day morning to watch me run in the Atlanta Track Club Father's Day 4-Miler. Each Father's Day there's a Father-Son competition. Back in 1990, my Dad and I finished in 3rd. Unfortunately, Christian was too young to run in the race this year, and my Dad was no where to be found. :o( He did start a tradition several years ago when we last ran together. Prior to that particular race, he said watch for the bouncing ball, because he would be passing me as soon as I saw it. Well, while we were on the downhill after the first turn, I saw the ball, then my dad passing me. I was never able to catch him. To this day, I keep looking for the ball. :o) I met my friend Rico Dorsey at this year's race, who was running with his son. Rico had finished a 10K race the day before in 51 minutes, so I figured I had a chance at beating him. We started out pretty fast, at least for me, doing the first mile in 7:50. It felt faster, but it was what it was. We finished the 2nd mile in 8:20. I soon would pass Rico on a hill, which led me to believe that he was fading from the results of his race the day before. Near the 3rd mile, to my surprise, Rico passed me on a hill at a pace that I couldn't maintain. I would finish in 33:56, which was about a minute and a half faster than last year. Rico would finish about a minute ahead of me. This was a tremendous improvement for him, since I had beaten him by 28 seconds the year before.

After the race, treated the family and I to breakfast at The Flying Biscuit Cafe, where we would see our friend Dewberry, who was a contestant on the first season of Hell's Kitchen. We had a great meal. The biscuits are legendary (hence the name), and the grits were simply delicious, even Rhian liked them (and she hates grits). Afterward, we visited the bakery to say bye to Dewberry. We asked him for the grits recipe, and to my surprise, he gave me The Flying Biscuit Cookbook as a Father's Day gift. To top it off, they had chocolate muffin samples on the counter, and Christian asked for some. Dewberry went ahead and gave Christian a whole one. Needless to say Christian was very happy!