Wall Street 3 miler PR

Mendeldave

ultramarathon/triathlete

posted: 5/20/2009 at 8:54 AM

I ran my best Wall Street race (4th year running it) last night. I took 66th out of 4,678 people and was 13th in my age group (out of 963). No aspiration for a medal in a race of this size, I just wanted to beat my last year's time of 18:58. Smile

I managed 18:21 and felt great at the end --strong finishing kick & flew past a couple guys that I was fighting the whole way, right before the finish line. It gets REALLY windy down there with all of tall buildings, but it was super fun Cool

Next year I'll shoot for sub 6 pace. This year I was 6:07.

HTFU? Why not!

Coach: Empire Tri Club

Speed Coach: Brooklyn Tri Club

DrewEOB

Idiot

posted: 5/20/2009 at 8:56 AM

Nice job, Dave! Way to keep improving. Big grin

Yes, I do "run in this." So should you. The weather is never as bad as it seems from behind your office or car window.

Kerry1976

posted: 5/20/2009 at 9:22 AM

You are fast! Congratulations!

Kerry

HF #1048

MrH

posted: 5/20/2009 at 11:14 AM

Did you run faster because there was a mob of investors behind you with pitchforks and torches?

The process is the goal.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Mendeldave

ultramarathon/triathlete

posted: 5/20/2009 at 12:46 PM
modified: 5/20/2009 at 12:47 PM

Ha! I ran faster because I was trying to catch the guy who took all my 401K! A few of us on the starting line were joking about how many people were at the race. The announcer said something like 2,000 of them were from Merryl Lynch or something. We joked that we were shocked that many were still employeed. Maybe they showed up b/c they had no problem getting out of work early ;-)

HTFU? Why not!

Coach: Empire Tri Club

Speed Coach: Brooklyn Tri Club

Yorkshire

posted: 5/20/2009 at 1:03 PM

Quote from Mendeldave on 5/20/2009 at 8:54 AM:

I ran my best Wall Street race (4th year running it) last night.

Well done! Alternative report from the very back of the pack - the race is such a lot of fun even if it takes twice as long - with a really great finish of sunset over the Hudson.

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