Run The Woodlands 5K #146 Race Report
With 127 runners, a new all-time attendance record, I've spent a good bit of the day (after breakfast with Dave Smart, Holden Choi and Cassie Cowan at Denny's and Waverly's basketball game) putting together the official results for Run The Woodlands 5K #146.
It's 8:00 p.m. and I need to get to bed before getting up to drive over and run the 3M Half Marathon in Austin tomorrow morning. (Yes, I know. I can hear you calling me "Psycho!" already.) Before I do, though, congratulations to Team In Training - The Woodlands' Bill Dwyer and Woodlands Fit's Rich Cooper for spearheading an effort to smash RTW's all-time attendance mark of 90, which was set on August 11, 2001. (Gentleman: Thank you!)
The most comprehensive race writeup in Texas road racing can be found here: http://www.walksports.com/tx0128a.htm.
You'll see that Dave led the way for the Houston Running Bloggers and I officially stunk up the joint with a 29:45. (Just wasn't ready to turn the gears on the fast stuff today.) It was good to see Rick Cook, as he gets ready for the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler next Saturday (and Sunday).
My time splits, which I'm looking at just before I enter them here, are as follows:
Mile 1 -- 9:09.29
Mile 2 -- 9:46.39 (18:55.68)
Mile 3 -- 9:56.09 (28:51.77)
Last .1 -- 53.58
Final -- 29:45.35
I'll update the Houston Running Bloggers RC club blog tomorrow with everyone's times, but Lisa PR'd at the Texas Med 5K and Edwin PR'd at Angleton's Spectacle Spectacular 10K.
One funny story, though, before I call it a night.
Rick performed the club's "Leave No Blogger Behind" duties as he met me - the last blogger today - at the entrance to the driveway of Barbara Bush Elementary. As we're running, one gentleman made a comment about seeing him again. Rick said that he had already finished and one runner, who I guess already had finished, said something to him like, "Hey, why didn't you pace me?" I told Rick, something to the effect of, "She should start a blog and join the club" and he jokingly said to me, "Yeah, $10 will buy you a pacer all year long!"
Jill (Boston), Joe (Breda) and Cassie, have great rides at the Frost Bike 50 tomorrow!
It's 8:00 p.m. and I need to get to bed before getting up to drive over and run the 3M Half Marathon in Austin tomorrow morning. (Yes, I know. I can hear you calling me "Psycho!" already.) Before I do, though, congratulations to Team In Training - The Woodlands' Bill Dwyer and Woodlands Fit's Rich Cooper for spearheading an effort to smash RTW's all-time attendance mark of 90, which was set on August 11, 2001. (Gentleman: Thank you!)
The most comprehensive race writeup in Texas road racing can be found here: http://www.walksports.com/tx0128a.htm.
You'll see that Dave led the way for the Houston Running Bloggers and I officially stunk up the joint with a 29:45. (Just wasn't ready to turn the gears on the fast stuff today.) It was good to see Rick Cook, as he gets ready for the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler next Saturday (and Sunday).
My time splits, which I'm looking at just before I enter them here, are as follows:
Mile 1 -- 9:09.29
Mile 2 -- 9:46.39 (18:55.68)
Mile 3 -- 9:56.09 (28:51.77)
Last .1 -- 53.58
Final -- 29:45.35
I'll update the Houston Running Bloggers RC club blog tomorrow with everyone's times, but Lisa PR'd at the Texas Med 5K and Edwin PR'd at Angleton's Spectacle Spectacular 10K.
One funny story, though, before I call it a night.
Rick performed the club's "Leave No Blogger Behind" duties as he met me - the last blogger today - at the entrance to the driveway of Barbara Bush Elementary. As we're running, one gentleman made a comment about seeing him again. Rick said that he had already finished and one runner, who I guess already had finished, said something to him like, "Hey, why didn't you pace me?" I told Rick, something to the effect of, "She should start a blog and join the club" and he jokingly said to me, "Yeah, $10 will buy you a pacer all year long!"
Jill (Boston), Joe (Breda) and Cassie, have great rides at the Frost Bike 50 tomorrow!
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:14 PM
2 Comments:
Jon, it was your original idea to have the race within a race.
We had a great time today.
Thanks
A good report. Lots of fun Jon and you even held off the rain. It was great to see you and the rest of the bloggers who were able to attend.
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