Everybody better start getting their predicts in for this historic event. 70% chance of rain tonight and tomorrow, so the grass part of the course should be soft and wet, so keep that in mind sports fans.
LetsRace - 10:19
Aurora Resident - 11:25
Does anyone within an 8-hour drive of Chicago want to race me on Friday, September 20th?
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Come down to Columbia, MO and race me on the MKT Trail right outside campus. Winner gets treated to Shakespeare's gooiest cheese pizza afterwards.
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Bump.
My guess is the OP takes it by 14 seconds. -
Are you guys racing? Post some pics and times please. Very cool if this goes off.
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I bet on Aurora Resident: 1) He knows the place, and 2) I don't fall for the "I'm not very fast" routine on letsrun.
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race should be over now. Looking forward to update.
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Race happened! Rough course, with lots of deep grass, some wind, and a steep hill. The winner was a mere SIX SECONDS in front of the loser. I'll let AR post results if he wants; I'll write a recap tomorrow which might be exciting.
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We came, we raced, he conquered.
The final score:
OP- 11:32
Me- 11:38
We took pictures of our watches next to each other and him holding the jersey. But I'm a dunce and accidentally deleted them. I'm sure he reset his watch running his cool down. Thankfully, I did not.
http://twitter.com/ManFifth/status/381186194328928257/photo/1
Post-race commentary coming soon. -
Nice race gents. I'll reiterate, this is one of the cooler things I've seen on LRC. I would argue on par with the 100 beers, 100 miles, 100 hours challenge.
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I will allow the winner the honor of the race recap, but here are a few highlights:
Both runners led.
Both runners ran a positive split.
We chatted post-race and (crazy) found out we have the same first name.
Way better than the fartlek I would have done had he not showed. -
Excellent job guys. LetsRace, give us some good details about age and such. Appreciate the diversion.
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as per letsrace.com's comments about times, I think it'll be ~8:30 vs 11:00 or 11:00 vs ~17:00
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I only wish I'd found this thread before just now. We could've had video...
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Karate_Kyle wrote:
I only wish I'd found this thread before just now. We could've had video...
No kidding. I live in Naperville/Wheaton -
Nicely done. That's a really cool thing to happen thanks to letsrun.com!
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Wow, crazy and coincidental that it came down so close. Someone should video it next time. This is one of the better days in LetsRun history.
Next time I randomly fly somewhere I will throw out the same challenge. -
That is cool he posted, you accepted, and then followed up. Glad you got in a good workout.
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Clever troll
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How convenient that you accidentally deleted the photos! Smells like a pile of BS to me.
