Firekracker 5K

I continue to miss running, and on this Fourth of July, am reminded of the several races I've run on this date in the past. The most notable was the Firekracker 5K in Ft. Collins, Colorado, on July 4, 2008—the day before my daughter Christy's wedding out there. She ran it with me (the picture here shows us before the race, when we were still fresh), as did my son John—and Christy is running the same race today, too.

Biking injury

Since late 2010, I have worn an upper denture. Though, early on, since it is less than perfectly comfortable, I frequently avoided wearing it, since this January I have been trying to wear it every weekday, in an effort to be more "civil" and presentable.

I have become a fairly steady bicyclist this year, as detailed in my biking blog -

http://ride-ab-ride.blogspot.com

However, on June 22, I fell (as detailed in my post for that day) -

http://ride-ab-ride.blogspot.com/2013/06/78th-ride.html

When I fell, I went face first onto the pavement. Fortunately, I was not wearing my denture during this ride. Even so, though, my remaining natural lower teeth cut up the inside of my mouth pretty good, and consequently, I have not worn the denture since then, in an effort to give myself some time to heal. But I think that tomorrow I'm going to try it again.