Marlon and two friends from work (Dan and Megan) getting ready to run the Tom Wales 5K.

Marlon getting focused...

And they're off...

Megan and Dan soon follow...

Marlon was supposed to come around this lake at some point, but some of the race volunteers messed the course up. A group of runners near the front got really off course.

Marlon down the home stretch

Marlon to the finishing line, not happy cause it was really more like a 4.5K and he didn't run hard after he knew the course was messed up.

Marlon stuck around to get his award anyway. The time might have been messed up, but the place in the race was accurate.

Woodinville Country Slough: Marlon with friends Scott and Janelle, who were running the 10K while Marlon ran the 5K.

Marlon coming down the homestretch of another 4.5K

Marlon ran this one hard the whole way, and was on pace for something between 19:15 and 19:30, which would have been a PR. Another race volunteer messed up the course for everyone who ran the 5K (the turnaround point was in the wrong place).

Scott and Janelle coming down the homestretch of the 10K.

Once again the distance was wrong, but Marlon's place was correct, and he finished fast enough to place in his age group.

A bittersweet award -- Marlon still looking to find a full 5K to PR at...