urano

posted: 8/28/2011 at 1:53 PM

Today I WON a race. After 4,5 years, over 14.000 km and over 25 races today .. I WON. Not on the top 10%, not the first guy on my age group (43 years old and counting) I was the first human being over the finish line. It was short (5,1 km) it was local (50 runners) but .. guess what? I WON (obviously first time ever).The time was pretty decent (for myself) 20:02. :-)

And tomorrow I have an appointment with the local press for an interview on my "astonishing" running career for the regional paper !!

Gosh .. it feels good !!! Smile

Targets 2012 1) No injuries 2) Keep having fun 3) Some kind of PR

mamaofthree

Best Present Ever

posted: 8/28/2011 at 1:59 PM

Awesome!

CanadianMeg

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:01 PM

WohooO! Smile

"Don't feel like running today...suck it up and run ...you're an athlete." (John Stanton, founder & owner of The Running Room)

"The person who starts the race is not the same person who finishes the race."

Slice

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:03 PM

That's an amazing accomplishment! Congrats to you!

I don't half-ass anything

"I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death' and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up." - Celia Rivenbark, You Can't Drink All Day if You Don't Start in the Morning

runnerclay

Long Drawfs Fast

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:14 PM

Quote from CanadianMeg on 8/28/2011 at 2:01 PM:

WohooO!

+1

Run until the trail runs out.

2013***1500 miles

50 miler

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kencamet

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:15 PM

Congratulations!

JML

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:15 PM

Congrats!

2013 goals: run a bunch....race some.....repeat...

wannaberunner

I look my best blurry!

posted: 8/28/2011 at 2:51 PM

Enjoy!!! Very cool!

AmoresPerros

HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer

posted: 8/28/2011 at 3:05 PM

Enjoy the celebrity. But find a good bodyguard company, for the inevitable arrival of paparazzi. Smile

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

Purdey

posted: 8/28/2011 at 3:29 PM

Nice work!

http://www.everyclick.com/145miles#

Cherrieruns

Maggie

posted: 8/28/2011 at 3:35 PM

very cool. congrats!

Cherrie " I May not be able to change every Thing that I face, But I cannot Change ANYTHING until I face it...." author unknown "All that I am or hope to be I owe to my mother"....Abe Lincoln

"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."
Wisdom of Confucius

awaldvogel

05-05-12

posted: 8/28/2011 at 4:03 PM

Bask in it. You are #1!

Kerry1976

posted: 8/28/2011 at 4:52 PM

Wow - congratulations! That is awesome!

Kerry

HF #1048

meems

posted: 8/28/2011 at 4:58 PM

Very awesome! Congratulations!

BadDawg

posted: 8/28/2011 at 5:23 PM

It's been a while, nice to see you post Rafa. Even better because it's such great news. Congrats!

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
Cry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.

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