Painter's Half-Marathon (Read 604 times)

First race (for me) of the new year was Painter's Half-Marathon in St. George, UT Saturday. It was 20 degrees at the start, probably 27 at the end. Fortunately, no wind. That would have been brutal. As the first race of 2007, and coming off some 'down time' over the holidays along with my share of holiday food, I lined up at the start with no particular goal in mind other than to use this as a training run (some speedwork) on my Boston training schedule. I had never run this course before, and other than the first 3-4 miles through some suburbs, I really liked it. A little hilly in places, but that's ok with me. Once I warmed up a little, I went ahead and decided to race. Finished with a time of 1:32:33 (7:03 pace), 49th overall (1,200 runners). That placed me 4th in my age group (M5054). I actually look forward to my new age group in April (M55-59). I would have won that division. Yeah, getting old does have some advantages.

Awesome! That's more than 20 minutes faster than my PR. I am in the 55-60 age group, so when you get there (and if we would ever be in the same race) you won't have to worry about me! bas

That's pretty darn impressive. I hear you on the age group thing too. I've never been so excited to be 35. If I had started running a year ago I would have had to compete with the nubile young wenches without four children, a drug history and smoker's lungs. 49th out of 1200 runners is incredible. I bow down and worship at the church of your feet. Claire xxx

Awesome! That's more than 20 minutes faster than my PR. I am in the 55-60 age group, so when you get there (and if we would ever be in the same race) you won't have to worry about me! bas

I'd love to run in Amsterdam, for sure.

That's pretty darn impressive. I hear you on the age group thing too. I've never been so excited to be 35. If I had started running a year ago I would have had to compete with the nubile young wenches without four children, a drug history and smoker's lungs. 49th out of 1200 runners is incredible. I bow down and worship at the church of your feet. Claire xxx

Running allows me to chase those nubile young wenches without my wife getting upset And at my age, if you're in the 35-39 group, you're a nubile young wench. BTW--that's a church with sole (and probably a little stinky as well). But, thanks.

that is fantastic news, big well done, only wish I could run at that pace for more than a mile