GLOW (Giving to Light Others' Way) 5K Race Report
I ran on supposedly hallowed ground Friday night (i.e. the campus of Texas A&M University)! Yeah, right! Oh, that's Kyle Field. Where the yell leaders protect the field with drawn sabers. (Remember the incident in the early 1980s with the SMU cheerleaders?)
All joking aside, this was an event put on by the Maggies and the Aggies Men's Club that benefitted New Horizons, a school and home in Goldthwaite, Texas for kids who have been rescued from abusive backgrounds. It was a 5K -- it felt like a 5K (figuring that this course wasn't certified) -- that started towards the back of the campus near the Simpson Drill Field, took you towards the front of the campus near Business 6 and then back on the east side of Kyle Field before finishing close to the start.
The event started at 10:00 p.m. -- the latest of the 100 events that I've completed since I started running in January 2003. (In 2004, I did four (4) events that started later than 7:00 p.m. and eight (8) that started at 5:00 p.m. or later.)
No mile markers. One water stop (supposedly at the halfway point). But ... lots of co-eds to run by, with and behind. (Actually, it is probably why I ran so well because there were lots of students that I finished in front of.) The turnout was excellent. They were estimating near 1,200 participants!
I finished in 29:14.40, on my stopwatch! And I only stopped to walk once and probably didn't need to. I actually felt great about my running for once. (It took me a second once I crossed the finish line to get my watch stopped, but they called out 29:27 as I hit the line. My watch was 29:28.26 and I started it when runners took off; therefore, I took off a minute from my 29;15.40 time.)
Some statistics:
+ By time, it was my 4th best 5K ever. (49th career 5K)
+ It was the 4th straight 5K that I have dropped my time since ballooning to 30:26.10 on February 27th (but I had done two events on one day too).
+ By race score, it was my 7th best event of all time. (45 of the 100 have scored 50.0 or better now.)
+ It was my 20th event of the year (surpassing the 19 I did in 2003). At this point last year, I had completed 15.
+ It was the 25th different Texas city that I've done an event in.
I met David and Roianne Alston, who might have been one of the few runners over 25 there. Roianne is the race director for the May 7th LRC Pacesetter Spring 5K Run & Walk in the small town of Calvert, just north of Bryan/College Station and Hearne.
In less than seven (7) hours, Run The Woodlands #128 5K!
All joking aside, this was an event put on by the Maggies and the Aggies Men's Club that benefitted New Horizons, a school and home in Goldthwaite, Texas for kids who have been rescued from abusive backgrounds. It was a 5K -- it felt like a 5K (figuring that this course wasn't certified) -- that started towards the back of the campus near the Simpson Drill Field, took you towards the front of the campus near Business 6 and then back on the east side of Kyle Field before finishing close to the start.
The event started at 10:00 p.m. -- the latest of the 100 events that I've completed since I started running in January 2003. (In 2004, I did four (4) events that started later than 7:00 p.m. and eight (8) that started at 5:00 p.m. or later.)
No mile markers. One water stop (supposedly at the halfway point). But ... lots of co-eds to run by, with and behind. (Actually, it is probably why I ran so well because there were lots of students that I finished in front of.) The turnout was excellent. They were estimating near 1,200 participants!
I finished in 29:14.40, on my stopwatch! And I only stopped to walk once and probably didn't need to. I actually felt great about my running for once. (It took me a second once I crossed the finish line to get my watch stopped, but they called out 29:27 as I hit the line. My watch was 29:28.26 and I started it when runners took off; therefore, I took off a minute from my 29;15.40 time.)
Some statistics:
+ By time, it was my 4th best 5K ever. (49th career 5K)
+ It was the 4th straight 5K that I have dropped my time since ballooning to 30:26.10 on February 27th (but I had done two events on one day too).
+ By race score, it was my 7th best event of all time. (45 of the 100 have scored 50.0 or better now.)
+ It was my 20th event of the year (surpassing the 19 I did in 2003). At this point last year, I had completed 15.
+ It was the 25th different Texas city that I've done an event in.
I met David and Roianne Alston, who might have been one of the few runners over 25 there. Roianne is the race director for the May 7th LRC Pacesetter Spring 5K Run & Walk in the small town of Calvert, just north of Bryan/College Station and Hearne.
In less than seven (7) hours, Run The Woodlands #128 5K!
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