A half hour later they started the 5 mile race, by that time I was pretty well tightened up but ran anyway--and still managed to pull off a 37:59 by my watch-beating last year's time anyway. Have not seen the official results so I don't know if they counted me in both races or not. But I got my $20 worth today!!!! Good luck to the O'Hartford runners, I'll be looking forward to your race report.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Shamrock Race Idiot Award
Hello team! Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend running/ races. I went to the Bristol Shamrock Race this am, fully hoping to beat last year's 38:40 on a very hilly course. After a nice warmup, I watched the kids finish their race. A ton of adults proceeded to the start, and I followed (that's where the idiot part comes in). The gun went off, and I was cruising along around 7:25 pace. The course seemed different, even more hilly than I remembered. And then to my suprise around 1.8 miles I saw the finish line just up ahead...and it dawned on me that I had just run the 2 mile race instead. I stopped for a few seconds not quite sure what to do, and then just decided to finish anyway. They clocked me in at 14:35.
A half hour later they started the 5 mile race, by that time I was pretty well tightened up but ran anyway--and still managed to pull off a 37:59 by my watch-beating last year's time anyway. Have not seen the official results so I don't know if they counted me in both races or not. But I got my $20 worth today!!!! Good luck to the O'Hartford runners, I'll be looking forward to your race report.
A half hour later they started the 5 mile race, by that time I was pretty well tightened up but ran anyway--and still managed to pull off a 37:59 by my watch-beating last year's time anyway. Have not seen the official results so I don't know if they counted me in both races or not. But I got my $20 worth today!!!! Good luck to the O'Hartford runners, I'll be looking forward to your race report.
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47 Lani Ralston 30F F3039 Granby CT 37:59 7:35 2/33 1102
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All I gotta say is, *WOW*, 2nd in division after running a 2 mile race. I've heard of running doubles on adjacent days, but a double within a couple of hours? *AWESOME*, Lani!!!
True confessions, was listening to my iPod & that's how I ended up in the wrong race!! As the awards for the 2 mile was held during the 5 mile race, did not realize until Rose called me- but my 2 mile time was good enough for an age division first place! Luck of the Scottish (and iPod) I guess.
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