What happens when you drop out of a marathon and stop running altogether?

Why, you sign up for the Fat Boy 5-K in Baton Rouge. Sausage poboys, chocolate milk, beer, donuts... and that's just the pre-race meal. The Fat Boy is one of my mostest favoritest races ever. It is only a 5-K, but the top 100 finishers get a beer coozie! Does Boston give a beer coozie? Does New York serve donuts?  I don't think so.

The Fat Boy is a qualifier for the Happy's 5000, a cross-town rival that indulges in an equal amount of vice, especially cigarettes. I haven't run the Happy's 5000 yet, but I aspire to it. For now, it is only a dream. For now a 5000 is out of my reach. I'll have to settle for a 5-K instead.