I was the only entrant in that class

Yrs Trly has won an award (pictured above).
First-in-class (age 65-69) in the Riesling 5K footrace Saturday, August 14.
“What this tells me,” I said to my wife; “is that I was to only entrant in that class. 45:48 for a 5K is dreadfully slow.”
I know for a fact there’s a guy in his 70s much faster than me.
He’s not carrying 50 pounds of excess avoirdupois.
“15 bucks at Medved,” I said. “I haven’t patronized Medved since I started ordering running-shoes online.
And I used to always shop at Medved. I hafta order shoes smaller than standard, and one time they were too small, which they ate.”
“Well, maybe you could buy running-socks,” my wife suggested. “You’re running out of running-socks.”
I’ve been running for years.
I only still do because I can.
“These 66-year-old knees are still letting me,” I always say.
But winning an award is a joke.
I had long ago left when those awards were handed out.
The award came in the mail.
My wife did that years ago when we ran footraces in Rochester.
She’d be the only one in her class, so won an award most every race.
One time she even won first-female.

• The “Riesling 5K footrace” was sponsored by the Canandaigua YMCA, where I work out. Five kilometers equals 3.1 miles. (“Canandaigua” [“cannon-DAY-gwuh”] is a small city to the east nearby where we live in Western NY. The city is also within a rural town called “Canandaigua.” The name is Indian, and means “Chosen Spot.” It’s about 15 miles away. —We live in the small rural town of West Bloomfield in Western NY, southeast of Rochester.) —Wine made from Riesling grapes. (There was a festival.)
• My wife of 42+ years is “Linda.”