Good Friday 10 Miler in Burlington

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Good Friday 10 Miler in Burlington

Postby AlfiefromPickering » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:01 pm

Hey today I was running this 10 miler race for the 4th year in a row. As usual, this is a very small and cozy race. Casualrunner (he was wearing Robbie-T style shoes) and I were the only two maniacs that participated in this run (unless there was someone else who was not wearing any distinctive maniac clothing).
The weather was cool but nice for running. I met my friend David (not a maniac yet) and as usual I was the centre of attraction of the paparazzi and the women.....

My time was acceptable: 1 hour 19 minutes and 47 seconds. Nonetheless, casualrunner beat me in part because he is in a better shape than I and also because of the Robbie-T styled shoes (I think this was the critical factor!!!!!)

The Easter Bunny before the race
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Meself, a pseudo-bunny and casualrunner before the race
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Me and my friend the Easter Bunny after the race
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My friend David and I after the race
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Picture courtesy of casualrunner.... , Me, the pseudo-bunny and casualrunner

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Postby chunkymonkeymelonhed » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:51 am

Congrats on a solid race alfie.
That psuedo-bunny guy frightened me.
Love casual runner's strategy of wearing Robbie-T style shoes, that's gotta help. :wink:
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Postby HCcD » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:35 am

Another race Alfie ?

You sure race a lot ...

Oh yeah, another good outing so early in the race season ...
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Postby casual-runner » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:53 am

Congratulations Alfie :clap:

Solid result this time; last year your time was 1:23:43 - 4 minutes improvement.

My Adidas Adizero shoes didn't help much this time; my gun result is 1:17:46 compared with 1:17:43 last year (wearing trial running shoes).

It was nice to meet you as usual.
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Postby AlfiefromPickering » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:13 am

casual-runner wrote:Congratulations Alfie :clap:

Solid result this time; last year your time was 1:23:43 - 4 minutes improvement.

My Adidas Adizero shoes didn't help much this time; my gun result is 1:17:46 compared with 1:17:43 last year (wearing trial running shoes).

It was nice to meet you as usual.

Actually my gun time for 2008 was 1:25:38. So I had an improvement of about 5 1/2 minutes over last year.
I am in love with the President of Argentina .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhf5iInIWEs mamacita preciosa
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ39iEw80M. She is 63 is 2016.... meaning 10 years older than I. I guess I'm into mature girls .....
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Postby Doonst » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:33 pm

Well done Alfie. That's real improvement; looking for big things from you this year!
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Postby richie-rich » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:38 pm

good job man, especially for being under the weather this week
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Postby cgraham » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:57 pm

Sound like a great race and nice results.

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Postby Robinandamelia » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:44 pm

Sounds like a great race!
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Postby HCcD » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:21 am

AlfiefromPickering wrote:
casual-runner wrote:Congratulations Alfie :clap:

Solid result this time; last year your time was 1:23:43 - 4 minutes improvement.

My Adidas Adizero shoes didn't help much this time; my gun result is 1:17:46 compared with 1:17:43 last year (wearing trial running shoes).

It was nice to meet you as usual.

Actually my gun time for 2008 was 1:25:38. So I had an improvement of about 5 1/2 minutes over last year.


Me thinks someone has been sandbagging us with ... ".... only minimal treadmill running this winter .... " yada yada yada :liar: then having two- back-to-back smokin' PBs at ATB and now this .... :naughty: :snooty:

:angel: :angel:
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Postby AlfiefromPickering » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:27 am

HCmD wrote:
AlfiefromPickering wrote:
casual-runner wrote:Congratulations Alfie :clap:

Solid result this time; last year your time was 1:23:43 - 4 minutes improvement.

My Adidas Adizero shoes didn't help much this time; my gun result is 1:17:46 compared with 1:17:43 last year (wearing trial running shoes).

It was nice to meet you as usual.

Actually my gun time for 2008 was 1:25:38. So I had an improvement of about 5 1/2 minutes over last year.


Me thinks someone has been sandbagging us with ... ".... only minimal treadmill running this winter .... " yada yada yada :liar: then having two- back-to-back smokin' PBs at ATB and now this .... :naughty: :snooty:

:angel: :angel:

Treadmill training yeah, "minimal" I don't think so. My treadmill training was very intense, including a 21 Kms 3 weeks before ATB and 30 Kms in treadmill just 2 weeks before ATB, including a lot of treadmill uphills.
I am in love with the President of Argentina .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhf5iInIWEs mamacita preciosa
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ39iEw80M. She is 63 is 2016.... meaning 10 years older than I. I guess I'm into mature girls .....
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Postby Lightning » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:18 pm

Good work, Alfie. Another solid race after your great ATB race-not too shabby! :D
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