My first first ever!

kevinyoder

posted: 5/19/2007 at 11:20 AM

Ok, so there were only 31 runners, and the college students are gone for the summer, and the high school kids all had track meets. But still, I won the first race of my life this morning. United Way 5k, at James Madison University. The course was short (2.89 mi according to my RA map), but I finished in 17:02, a 5:54 pace, which was 6 sec/mi faster than my previous best. Big grin

DrewEOB

Idiot

posted: 5/19/2007 at 11:33 AM

31 people or no, a win is a win. Congrats Kevin! Way to go! Big grin

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 5/19/2007 at 11:41 AM

Damn, that is awesome!!! No matter how you look at it that's a good effort! To place first is just the icing on the cake. Big grin

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Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

HurricaneShaunna

posted: 5/19/2007 at 12:10 PM

congrats kevin!

trishierunner

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posted: 5/19/2007 at 1:18 PM

Wow ---- GREAT time, and congrats on finishing first!!! Very cool! Cool

2009: BQ?

kevinyoder

posted: 5/19/2007 at 4:40 PM

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It seems almost incredible to me that an OLD guy like me can still get faster.

Bonkin

posted: 5/19/2007 at 4:58 PM

Great job, Kevin. My wife went to school there, making your win that much better Clowning around

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alan f

posted: 5/19/2007 at 6:40 PM

Doesn't matter how many people were gone- with a time like that they would be behind you. Great job!!

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piper0110

posted: 5/19/2007 at 6:48 PM

That's a great pace! Way to go! How exciting, to be first! What's it like to lead the pack?

kevinyoder

posted: 5/19/2007 at 8:30 PM

Quote from piper0110 on 5/19/2007 at 6:48 PM:

That's a great pace! Way to go! How exciting, to be first! What's it like to lead the pack?

It was a little scary, feeling like I was being chased (which I guess I was), with noone to follow, which was especially bad on the last turn where there was nothing and nobody to tell me where to go!

Sockoni

posted: 5/20/2007 at 11:11 AM

Congratulations!! 2 runners or 31, it counts!!! And how funny...I never thought of how it would feel if you were in the lead. That would be a little freaky!! Big grin

jcasetnl

posted: 5/20/2007 at 6:22 PM

Wow, that pace is very impressive no matter how you slice it!

Mississippi

posted: 5/20/2007 at 8:59 PM

Quote from jcasetnl on 5/20/2007 at 6:22 PM:

Wow, that pace is very impressive no matter how you slice it!

EXACTLY! Great race. I'm jealous!! Can't wait to see what your next one is. Big grin

rockenmamaof5

posted: 5/21/2007 at 6:46 AM

WTG Kevin!!

Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

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posted: 5/21/2007 at 9:15 AM

Nice job Kevin! Sorry the course was short, but you ran a real nice pace!

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My first first ever! (Read 1024 times)

'13 Goals: