I'm still not sure about this coming weekend. Emily won't be joining me, so it becomes harder to make a weekend of it. My racing schedule may be all the more confusing now that a canceled race is being rescheduled for mid-October that I may want to run. If it doesn't look like I'll be running any other races, then I'll have to kick my butt into attending this weekend's.

Joe, I hate to complicate your life, but you are aware that Pet Day 5K is this coming weekend and is a CBRC Grand Prix race, right?

Doh! I'm the dumb Grand Prix counter, and I should know better -- I double-checked, and Pet Day 5K is *not* on Grand Prix. Oops.

As I've mentioned on here before, I'll be in Scranton, PA, this weekend for a wedding event.

LPR 10-Miler‏ From: Liza Recto (shortbrownperson@juno.com) Sent: Wed 9/17/08 3:19 AM To: allsop316@hotmail.com Thanks for signing up, David. Stay tuned to your e-mail for updates, and let me know if you have any questions. See you at the races! Liza Recto Race Director

I doubt it... which house did I show you?

I'm on the record for 20:20. I'm trying to remember everything I can about the course from last year. I know the first mile is largely downhill. I'm not sure if I should give the same 5K effort and run it in 6:00, or hold back and reserve energy, running it in about 6:25 (regardless of what I say here, it will probably be the former). The first half of mile two is largely uphill, the second half largely downhill. The third mile is basically the first mile in reverse, so it's pretty much all uphill. The race starts with the first 100 m or so going downhill. As you can imagine, this led to many people to simply sprint down the hill for an early lead. I ended up passing many of these people in the first mile, and several more during the second mile (some who were walking by that point). I will likely have to resist the urge of going out with them. I can't remember my exact split times from last year. Probably something like 6:35, 6:55, 7:00, plus whatever I ran for the final 200m. If I could access the old forums at work, I could probably tell you. A time of 20:20 would be an improvement of nearly 2 minutes over last year's time (22:12, I believe). Turonout should be interesting. So far this month, there have been races on 9/11 (memorial race), two races last weekend , and FOUR (count them, FOUR) local races this weekend... two on Saturday, two on Sunday. Three of the races, including the Get Fit!, are 5Ks, the fourth is a 50K trail race put on by the BRRC. Obviously, that last one will have limited appeal. Another one of the 5Ks (the other Sunday race) is one largely for businesses, but many of the local regulars get in on that one. There is also a Saturday race at Loyal College that drew almost 400 people last year, versus 183 at the Get Fit! 5K.