JOSH ran 2:31 at the Chicago Marathon. Awesome job.

I had an interesting weekend race. My plans have been to schedule a race every other weekend or so to make me put in hard miles since all of my runs are done solo......hard to push sometimes. Saturday was the Boston, Ga. Mini-Marathon.

I left the house early for a long drive to Boston which had an eight oclock start time. About halfway down I realized my estimated travel time was going to be close. After going through Thomasville and missing a turn the chances of making the start time was slim.

My thoughts began to just hunt for a good spot in Thomasville or elsewhere for a fifteen miler or so but the more I considered the wasted trip I trudged on to Boston.

On the final few miles into Boston I risked death by bandaiding the nips and lubing up sensitive areas while moving at high speeds.

I arrived and parked about fifteen minutes or more late for the start time but held out a little hope the start was postponed. I grabbed my eighteen dollars and race application for the half mile run to the race start....this was my pre-race prep. The race had begun twenty three minutes earlier according to lady I threw my money at.

I won't bore with the splits but will say my first couple miles were way to fast....must of been thinking I could make a bunch of time up. It actually turned out to be fun after catching up with groups of runners. The course is an out and back so I was able to catch some who passed me going the other way.

My official time for the race was 2.05.20 and my watch time was 1.40.55 so overall I was pleased to have run hard....for me...so the weekend was a success. Going to Albany November eleventh fo a 15K.

Steve

Steve....sounds like an interesting day in Boston....I've always wanted to go down and run that race..just because of the name of it.

770 - Thanks...I'll have to check it out!


I ran a 5k and 10k Xterra trail race just south of Athens this past sunday and they were a blast! Really rough and tough, but a change from the roads we usually run on. I'd suggest running a "REAL" trail race if you ever get a chance..but be ready for a challenge!

I ran the 5k in 19:15 and the 10k in 41:04.

Josh

Who's going out to the Will Robinson Saturday?
Scott

Spencer,
Congratulations on that son. They grow up quick.

Josh,
I ran a trail marathon last year and did 22 miles on a trail this last Saturday and my times were pretty bad. You can't just run but must focus a good bit on the next step.

Scott,
Haven't seen you posting lately.

Steve

Yeah, the reindeer run is definitely not a PR Race.  I had fun there, however.....the best part is that I received a 25 dollar gift certificate to Dicks for finishing first in my age group!!!!

Spencer

I was looking on raceearth.com the other day and noticed that they have a Cherry Blossom Festival Marathon (& half) listed for March in Macon. But the Cherry Blossom site itself has no mention of this. I thought they just had a 5K. Does anyone know anything about this race? I am planning to train for a half in the spring and this would be very convenient.