The highlight of my race was to meet DougG one of the original maniacs - great guy! It was a pleasure to meet you Doug!
The guy with the stroller won the race overall today. I didn't stand a chance against him. He was smoking the course! He finished in the low 18min mark which is pretty amazing in those conditions.
I passed one of the other runners at about the 3.5km mark and he ended up passing me again at about 4.5 and beat me by about 4-5 seconds. One of the other runners joked with me after the race and asked "how did that feel" and I said "not very good"
. She said its good to be humbled once and a while and I agreed with her.
The oldest guy in the race was Barry who used to run the race at one time and is 79 years old. He ran the 5 k in 34:13 - what an inspiration he is! He said he is looking forward to next year when he turns 80.
I came in 5th overall for this race with a time of 19:01. I wanted to finish under 19minutes but couldn't pull it off. I had a bit of a coughing fit near the finish. I finished in 2nd place total for all 4 races which I was happy with.
Now I can concentrate on my training for the chilly half then Boston.
DougG far right!
