I'm out.  I might run the Anti Mini up in Zionsville--the Mini just has too many people for me.  Good luck with your goal--I don't think I would be able to get that fast off of 35 miles.  Maybe you should join in the Sam Costa don'tgetgeezered6packathon.

Yeah, C-R is going down at the Costa...if I ever get over these Tecumseh aches.

I haven't raced since Tecumseh.  It took getting sick for a few weeks this spring to finally get rid of the aches in my legs.  I'm doing the Run With the Foxes and Geist if you're going to be around.  I can't believe I haven't made any of the training runs--I've been doing quite a few weekend runs with a couple guys who are preparing for the Mohican 100, so I'm hoping I haven't lost too much speed.

Just don't go skipping the course for PRs, us young guys need a chance. 

Since this is a forum for the Mini, here is C-R's time:

                               Division   Overall   DivPl         SexPl           5M        10M      Guntime  Time     Pace   
  C-R                      M4044      327         31/1956   298/14441  33:25  1:06:10  1:25:49  1:25:41  6:33

 

Don't race Norm.  I think he sandbags. 

Just joined the group courtesy of beef's sig line.

 

I am not registered for the mini but may run if I can hit the elite qualifier in Feb/March and they let me in.  That should be sub-1:15 or a sub-33 10K, unless they've changed it in the last couple years.

 

The anti-mini is a nice, no-frills race.  You time and write your own finish down, they do have a big clock at the turn-around...which is the start/finish/turnaround for this 3-lap race.  If you run it do it for fun, even if dry it is NOT a speed course.  It is a short section on a rail trail, then down a multi-switchbacked boardwalk into the lowlands and fun but windy trails.  There will be two-way traffic on these narrow trails in parts on subsequent laps.  You have to navigate the switchback boardwalk (with two-way traffic potentially) on the way out of each lap.  So not fast. 

 

I won it last year, it was a lot of fun.  If I am not in the Mini I will do it again.

 

So where do they post the elite qualifying times?  Do you have to know the double secret handshake to see them?  Congrats on even being in the ballpark.

 

Yes, you have to know the secret handshake.

 

When I moved to Indy in 2007, a google search still turned up the announcement that they no longer recruited an elite field and a document detailing the replacement program.  In subsequent years (and this year) I could never find the document again.  However, an email to the RD in 2008 when I still had a 1:14 within the prior year confirmed that they still honored the previously advertised qualifying times.  When my 1:09 was still current they even offered me half a hotel room (which I declined).

 

The last couple years I have not had a qualifier.  I am in shape today to hit it and have about 3 races this spring in which I may hit it so I will email the RD when I have one.

 

With a lot of these larger races that have some sort of elite field, it's often just a matter of contacting the RD to work something out.  I ran the Steamtown Marathon under a similar program (fine organization and RD).  The Shamrock VA Beach marathon RD was a great guy too, I approached him to bring in a whole group of guys trying to run sub-2:22 to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials.  I ended up overtrained and did not go but one of my friends followed through with the group and qualified.