Three Interesting Weekend Results
In perusing some of the state race results from Saturday, three (3) sets of times caught my eye.
Here in Fort Worth, Jeff Arnier, Jr. won the Mayfest 5K in a time of 17:20.4. Nothing spectactular, you say. Well consider that Mr. Arnier, Jr. is 14. His father, Jeff, 49, can't keep pace. He ran it in 19:39.4.
For more on the Mayfest 5K and 10K, please check out http://www.clinesrunningcorner.com/.
Almost three years ago, Arnier, Jr. made news here in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex when the then-11-year-old Arlington native wanted to run the Dallas White Rock Marathon. Race officials said that he was too young. Well, father and son went to Huntsville, Alabama on December 13, 2003 for their Rocket City Marathon and the duo ran it in 3:44:59.
In Austin at the Shoes for Austin 5K, 13-year-old Bree Schrader, being paced by her father, Chris, 48, broke the 20-minute mark by running a 19:58.5 and finishing 2nd overall.
Sugar Land masters runner, Jon Butler, 43, was 2nd overall and the first Masters in 16:17.4.
In the same race, two local 80-and-over legends also competed in the Shoes for Austin 5K in Austin -- Joe Barger and Jim Southard. Barger, who is three years younger, 80, than the 83-year-old Southard, beat his elder competitor by just over three minutes -- 32:58.5 to 36:02.6.
Here in Fort Worth, Jeff Arnier, Jr. won the Mayfest 5K in a time of 17:20.4. Nothing spectactular, you say. Well consider that Mr. Arnier, Jr. is 14. His father, Jeff, 49, can't keep pace. He ran it in 19:39.4.
For more on the Mayfest 5K and 10K, please check out http://www.clinesrunningcorner.com/.
Almost three years ago, Arnier, Jr. made news here in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex when the then-11-year-old Arlington native wanted to run the Dallas White Rock Marathon. Race officials said that he was too young. Well, father and son went to Huntsville, Alabama on December 13, 2003 for their Rocket City Marathon and the duo ran it in 3:44:59.
In Austin at the Shoes for Austin 5K, 13-year-old Bree Schrader, being paced by her father, Chris, 48, broke the 20-minute mark by running a 19:58.5 and finishing 2nd overall.
Sugar Land masters runner, Jon Butler, 43, was 2nd overall and the first Masters in 16:17.4.
In the same race, two local 80-and-over legends also competed in the Shoes for Austin 5K in Austin -- Joe Barger and Jim Southard. Barger, who is three years younger, 80, than the 83-year-old Southard, beat his elder competitor by just over three minutes -- 32:58.5 to 36:02.6.
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