I beat the director! I really did! On Saturday, I ran in the Collingswood "Beat the Director" 5k, which I wrote about here . If you beat the library director, you got $10 of your registration fee back. I wasn't sure how I was going to do. I've felt sluggish since shoulder surgery, and even though my miles are up, my speed is not. Still, I pulled out a 22:24 time and beat the director by 10 whole seconds. I finished 11th overall, and 4th among the women. I even placed in my age bracket! I did not, however, ask for $10 back. It's for charity, after all. Here's a picture of the start. I'm in the middle in yellow: This is a picture with fellow Collingswood writer, Matt Quick : Matt is author of The Silver Linings Playbook . It fell between my "book a week" series, so I never wrote about it on the blog, but it's a fantastic novel that he wrote in accordance with the 2006 Philadelphia Eagles football season. It's not just a football n