Get In Gear

chet wrote:Patrick Russell, Kirt Goetzke and Bobby Paxton.

Goetzke and Paxton are awesome runners, but if you think they'll be battling for the overall win, you must not know anything about the local running scene in the Twin Cities.

And I believe Russell is still recovering from his surgery.

Chet - Are you the same guy who posted about Goetzke and Paxton before the St Pats Human Race? If so your posts are awesome. I'm a big fan of Kirt and Bobby and I have no doubt there are many others who also worship the ground they run on. I'm still debating whether I should run the race or camp out overnight to get a prime viewing spot to see my two heroes in action. What am I saying? OF COURSE I'm going to pitch my Target Heartland love tent for two, fall asleep to the sound of Minnehaha Falls, and wake up bright and early like a four year old on Christmas morning, giddy with anticipation. I can't wait to see the uncut, unedited versions of Bobby and Kirt unleash some whoop-ass on the non-locals.

Well, there is snow on the ground and it is snowing right now about an hour before Get in Gear, and I'd be rather disingenuous if I even tried to feign disinterest at this point when those two old warhorses, Goetzke and Paxton, look at this weather and shrug as if to say to the young wannabees, go warm your testes in a teapot. I expect these two warhorses to be in the thick of it with this weather, but the shivering Kenyans and a few of the other local notables will perhaps finish high as well. This is the last week of April and Old Man Winter is not done yet, and Old Man Goetzke and Paxton are about to show they've still got at least one more wad to blow before they pass the torch to a weaker generation. In the meantime, I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that I haven't been this excited since that first time with my cousin. Chetcrest, outtttt!

I don't think any Team Minnesota guys are racing...cuz for sure Goodwin would have had a rpess release if they were. So it looks like it's between Kirt, Bobby and the Kenyans!!!

im from mn and have no idea who those guys are. should I? probably not.

Goetzke is the guy who ran 102 races last year and is still pretty fast, especially for his age.

Yeah Goetzke! He's incredible.

anyways, all i really care about are the results. and since i cant find them, anyone got any details, aside from these 2 guys.

onlineraceresults.com

I'd be lying if I didn't concede that my silence here has not been intended as a commentary either favorable or not regarding the results here. I've been hearing various rumblings about how chet is disappointed, or chet is too busy in reveries of cerebral celebrations to make note of this one, perhaps he's overhyped it. Well, gentlemen, there comes a time when the air has to be cleared so that intrigue, innuendo, and unfounded speculation doesn't trigger panic amongst the unwashed, and let's face it, many of you skimp on hygiene. Full disclosure is not nor will ever be in my repertoire, so let's just proceed as if the various episodes of scandal were indeed products of overactive imaginations as opposed to empirical events with witnesses. Gentlemen, those two warhorses, Goetzke and Paxton, they're the only ones that render me speechless...Thank you gentlemen, for another effort which is leaving your inferiors(and arguably you have nothing but)scrambling for explanations, consoling themselves with thoughts such as nothing matters. But gentlemen, well done!