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Freedom Fest 5k Murray Kentucky

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Location:

Paducah,Ky,USA

Member Since:

Jul 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

6 Boston Marathons ( 3:21), 3 St. George Marthon(3:12), 1 Huntsville Al. (3:29)

5K - PR 18:34

10K PR- 40:04

Half Marathon- 1:28:54

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Personal:

Married with 2 kids one grown living and working in Atlanta, one in college
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Sat, Jul 05, 2014
Race: Freedom Fest 5k Murray Kentucky (3.1 Miles) 00:18:27, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.00

I ran this race a couple years ago and made a wrong turn and ended up off course. This year I tried to keep the leaders in sight so I didn't make the same mistake twice. I was pretty happy with my time the splits were all within a couple seconds of each other with the last mile a little faster. After the first half mile I found myself in 8th place and that's were I ended up. All the guys in front of me were high school cross country runners except one. I really thought they'd start to fade after the first mile but they were rock soild and kept an even steady pace the whole race. Another good thing about this race is it starts at 7:00. They get the awards out quickly and I was back home before 9:00 so it doesn't take up half a day.

 

15 mile road ride in the aftenoon to get the legs stretched .

Comments
From Tom Slick on Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 11:06:05 from 69.171.160.80

Hey, Hey, Hey, Winner winner Chicken dinner.....whatever that means! Congrats on a great race where you kicked young butt and took the gold home in your AG!!!

From Smooth on Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 15:30:03 from 71.219.8.35

AWESOME race and win!!! Wow! YOU ARE SPEEDY!!! :) Congratz!

From Hillbilly Runner on Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 11:25:38 from 207.162.186.109

Thanks Slick by the way I did get treated to a Chicken Dinner after the race.

Hey Smooth it's Good to hear from you. I hope everything is going good for you and Larry. We sure missed y'all this year at Boston.

From Glory in the long run on Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 09:31:04 from 174.23.129.42

Good race, ran a similar time myself on the same day in a different state. I'll look to read your reports as I think we have the same mindset: been running for a while, body not what it used to be but can still be strong, like to eat more immature runners for dinner. :-)

From Hillbilly Runner on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 00:50:27 from 173.191.121.34

Hey Glory in the Long Run you got that right when you said the body wasn't what it use to be but my mind still sees it that way and wants it to do the things it use to do. I think I got lucky on this July day I was feeling good and the weather was nice and cool for this time of year so I let it go to see what this "OLD" body could do.

From Glory in the long run on Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 20:31:16 from 174.23.129.42

The real question is how sore were you afterward? Could you do it again the next week or the next day? That's the difference between 20 and 40.

From Hillbilly Runner on Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 06:38:26 from 208.87.234.180

Glory in the long Run I think it goes something like this; I'm not as good as I once was but I'm good once that I ever was....That being said I really wasn't sore but all the stars or something will have to line up for me to run that time again honestly on a good day I might slip down below 19 but that's about it for me.

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