21:22 for around 20th. -6 wind chill in new england
21:22 for around 20th. -6 wind chill in new england
10K - 38:37 for 2nd place. Quite a hilly course w/ 500+ ft elevation gain. Not bad considering I've only logged about 500 miles running this year (and no speed work or racing), though I do have about 7000 miles of cycling with ~20 races YTD.
35:01, 1st place overall 10K, even split 17:30/17:30. Felt great which makes me excited for CIM next Sunday.
1st place Anchorage AK turkey trot- 15:44. about 15 degrees F outside. First mile was pretty smooth in 4:54, second was way too icy and the pace dropped to 5:22, dropped my competition on the third with a 4:57. Won a pie!
Officialdb wrote:
1st place Anchorage AK turkey trot- 15:44. about 15 degrees F outside. First mile was pretty smooth in 4:54, second was way too icy and the pace dropped to 5:22, dropped my competition on the third with a 4:57. Won a pie!
Did the race happen here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcIcMB8c4Q31:26 2nd 45-49 age group 5 mile. 50 degrees perfect weather. 4 minute pr.
Ran a big 5K at Shelby Farms in Memphis. Jammed-up cluster f--k at the start, but we were all free pretty quickly.
I was first 60-64. 7:31 pace. The course was about a tenth of a mile short, according to five people who gave me the distance they'd registered. My Garmin has 3.00. Others had comparable times.
Just a great time all around.
True Story Brah wrote:
I kicked off my sweats and put on my 3" shorts. I warmed up with 5x18m strides and dynamic lunges, all the while keeping my eye out for the fast guys so I could stare at them and win the very important psychological battle. I saw some fat waster drinking kool-aid talking to a few MILF's, I presume it was Jamin, he looked weird.
I toed the line, making one last effort to visualize my dominance over the trotters, reeling them in and smashing them as I glide to victory.
The gun (fog-horn) went off and I quickly got to goal pace, on the first bend there was a bunch of emaciated vegan protesters, one banner read 'Free Turkey (the animal not the country), I got a tear in my eye. I shook it off and focused on the task at hand. There was an age-group 55+ lady in front of me, so I drafted her for 100 yards or so, then took her out, my speed dazzling her so much that she tripped and fell into hot dog and coke. She had a t-shirt on that read 'Disco Gary is the Gravy'.
Six hundred meters in and I was feeling the burn, my Pegasus 12's were laced too tight and the cold was making my eyes water. I dug in. I gritted my teeth. I fought harder than I'd ever fought before. The rest of the race was a Utopian blur of endorphines and adrenaline. It was as if God herself was carrying me to the finish line.
168th from 201 runners. Age group 45th from 49 (two places behind Scorpion Runner, Smoove won).
Clearly, the Lydiard Canova inspired hybrid plan that Coach JS had written me (for a paltry $300) had worked.
I am a runner. I run. I am run.
??
rare wrote:
16:58ish, probably 20-30th place. Got sucked into a 5:10 first mile which wasn’t smart, but oh well. Conditions were pretty nice for November in the Midwest.
A little more than a minute away from my 5k PR, but I was relatively happy with the result off of 2.5 weeks of base training for a spring marathon.
Romeo High School sucks!
Published Author wrote:
True Story Brah wrote:
I kicked off my sweats and put on my 3" shorts. I warmed up with 5x18m strides and dynamic lunges, all the while keeping my eye out for the fast guys so I could stare at them and win the very important psychological battle. I saw some fat waster drinking kool-aid talking to a few MILF's, I presume it was Jamin, he looked weird.
I toed the line, making one last effort to visualize my dominance over the trotters, reeling them in and smashing them as I glide to victory.
The gun (fog-horn) went off and I quickly got to goal pace, on the first bend there was a bunch of emaciated vegan protesters, one banner read 'Free Turkey (the animal not the country), I got a tear in my eye. I shook it off and focused on the task at hand. There was an age-group 55+ lady in front of me, so I drafted her for 100 yards or so, then took her out, my speed dazzling her so much that she tripped and fell into hot dog and coke. She had a t-shirt on that read 'Disco Gary is the Gravy'.
Six hundred meters in and I was feeling the burn, my Pegasus 12's were laced too tight and the cold was making my eyes water. I dug in. I gritted my teeth. I fought harder than I'd ever fought before. The rest of the race was a Utopian blur of endorphines and adrenaline. It was as if God herself was carrying me to the finish line.
168th from 201 runners. Age group 45th from 49 (two places behind Scorpion Runner, Smoove won).
Clearly, the Lydiard Canova inspired hybrid plan that Coach JS had written me (for a paltry $300) had worked.
I am a runner. I run. I am run.
??
So many insecure runners on this thread
I was a DNS for the 18th year in a row. I've kind of got a streak going. Prior to that there were no Turkey Trots where I was living. My last Turkey Trot was in 1985 and I won a Turkey for 1st place.
Nigel_Bikes wrote:
I was a DNS for the 18th year in a row. I've kind of got a streak going. Prior to that there were no Turkey Trots where I was living. My last Turkey Trot was in 1985 and I won a Turkey for 1st place.
2018-1985= 33= 18 years?!
13:03, felt a little tired on mile 2, came around the corner and started to feel a bit better, lactic acid was hitting a mahfka in the last 150 meters but ya boy came through for the win, also broke the 5K course record. Time to get toh up from the flo up now.
YEAH BUDDY wrote:
So many insecure runners on this thread
I think it a great thread. It is interesting to hear what fellow Letsrunners did, of all ages and abilities. What do you mean by "insecure", and what evidence of it do you see in this thread?
You seem to think you are in some way superior to those who contributed to the thread and are in a position to judge them. . . . how?
Most importantly -- what did YOU run (and at what age)?
lookatme! wrote:
13:03, felt a little tired on mile 2, came around the corner and started to feel a bit better, lactic acid was hitting a mahfka in the last 150 meters but ya boy came through for the win, also broke the 5K course record. Time to get toh up from the flo up now.
Oh, suuuuure you did 13:03 for a 5K. I belieeeeeeve you.
Didn't race. Injured and had to work. ???
KudzuRunner wrote:
Ran a big 5K at Shelby Farms in Memphis. Jammed-up cluster f--k at the start, but we were all free pretty quickly.
I was first 60-64. 7:31 pace. The course was about a tenth of a mile short, according to five people who gave me the distance they'd registered. My Garmin has 3.00. Others had comparable times.
Just a great time all around.
I’d suggest next year you do the 4 miler. It is a much more prestigious race with a tradition of excellent running, although the course isn’t great for super fast times. Well run by Start2Finish.
18:52, 7th place. 28 year old male, former college runner averaging 20-30 mpw over last year for fun. Fun race slowish start current h.s. and college runners ahead of me. Winner 15:58, top 10 all under 19:00.
I am a dog and I won my local 5K, breaking 16:00, even though I had to pull my human with a bungee harness thing. There were no prizes so I guess nobody cared that I am not human. Woof gobble woof.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing