From Ed Prochak@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 12 20:42:38 2017
Okay you can all laugh at my time at the end, but you have to read the whole report (not long).
So I know I have been losing speed in recent years. Inconsistent training is the cause. My own fault, of course.
So this race was a time check: how slow am I? 8^)
I have done this race many times. In fact I was wearing a shirt from the race from 1997! That year I raced the 5k and ran the 10k as a training run.
Lots of folks lined up! I really focused on not starting too fast which was easy with the crowd. But no worries, this is a chip timed race.
Before the first mile, I started chatting with a younger woman since we were running about the same pace. She was a relatively new runner, doing it for weight loss. She had ambitious plans with a goal of a half marathon in the fall. I will not be
surprised if she does it.
We encouraged each other until well past mile 2. I knew I had a little more, so I told her I was taking off.
I managed to pass a few runners on the downhill. When I started the rise to the finish I faltered a little, but the runner just ahead of me did too. So I tried harder and caught her at the finish.
I waited for the young woman and she was not that far behind me.
Okay, the results:
603 of 690 The crowd was bigger than times past.
chip time 40:46