Sunday, April 20, 2008
My Second Age Group Award
Yesterday at the Walk & Roll - Focus on Abilities 5K, I came in third overall and first in my age group (M30-39). So that's two age group awards in two weeks! This time I hung around to get the award, and it included more in gift certificates than I spent on the race. Making a profit on a race is cool. I'm really glad I decided to run this one. I hadn't planned on it, but the opportunity presented itself at the last minute.
Unfortunately, my age group award streak will be broken this week at the Country Music Half Marathon. I'm in corral 6, so there will be 5000 runners starting ahead of me. It seems highly unlikely that I'll be one of the top three men in the 35-39 age group. Last year the top three in that age group finished in 1:18:45 or less, which is 35 minutes faster than I've ever run a half. They were all in the top 25 runners in the CM Half. It would take a miracle of Biblical proportions for me to run that fast this weekend.
Unfortunately, my age group award streak will be broken this week at the Country Music Half Marathon. I'm in corral 6, so there will be 5000 runners starting ahead of me. It seems highly unlikely that I'll be one of the top three men in the 35-39 age group. Last year the top three in that age group finished in 1:18:45 or less, which is 35 minutes faster than I've ever run a half. They were all in the top 25 runners in the CM Half. It would take a miracle of Biblical proportions for me to run that fast this weekend.
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# posted by Bill Menees @ 11:14 AM 
