Happy

Even though I explored other words 

for that word of 2016,

I realized that all those other words

(compassion, present, mindful, create....)

lead to my being happy...

So, Happy it is!!!

As I began a bit of exploration into what it might mean to me to be truly happy,

I found this on the Live Life Happy website

words to embrace, for sure.

The day after the race I ran on December 31st,

I got the results of my run.

Now I did this run as a challenge

and to keep my running,

with no expectations...

but the results of my run

surprised even me...

By the way, when I signed in on race night,

the woman at the table questioned me "53?"

WHAT????

Was I supposed to remember my bib number??

So I blabbered my way through

LOL

and then after I realized, 

that was my age!!!!

So there is my age 

front and center!!

Anyway...

out of 1380 runners who finished this race, 

I actually placed in the top half!!!

Out of 726 women running,

in the top half!!!

and

In my age category (50-59),

I placed in the top quarter!!!

Not bad...

and yet, another reason to just be happy!!!