I ran in the local 10k race on Saturday, the 23rd Longmont Sunrise Stampede. It was cool because I ran 10 years ago in 1998 in the 13th Stampede. Here are the posted results. My time was 54:02, a personal best. My splits, as best as I recall them, were 9:00, 9:05, 9:05, 8:30, 8:30, 8. I figure my average pace was 8:40.
The stats:
190th out of 464 finishers
135th out of 249 men (winning time for men: 31:12)
20th out of 39 in my age group 35 - 39yr old men (winning time for this division 38:51)
It was funny because I suddenly decided to run around Wednesday. The early-registration closed Friday at 5pm. The race-day registration was like $10 more. I hustled down to 1 location (the hospital) and they didn't know where registrations were happening.
So I raced across town to another location at 5:10pm where another guy was registering for the 2-mile with the rebellious-apathetic-teenage-worker behind the counter. I was able to start registering and this old man was standing there waiting for me. He was there to pick up the registration forms and money to "close" the early-registration. I had just barely made it. In reading about the race, I saw that he was one of the original co-founders that started the Sunrise Stampede in 1985 with the other co-founder, our current mayor Roger Lange. Pretty neat coincidence.
I bumped into the guy the next day at the race and wanting to show my gratitude I thanked him for starting the race and putting it on each year. He was probably like, you're the pipsqueak that caused me to be late to my dinner appointment last night! It is so much better (I think) than its bloated inter-county cousin, the Bolder Boulder. The BB boasted around 50,000 runners this year. The Stampede had 465 finishers. Yes, it's a much smaller scale. You have drivers driving alongside some of the roads. But it's nice because you're not jostling the entire time with groups in a straight line across the road.
Top-of-Utah Marathon
While I'm blogging about running, the spouse and I ran our first marathon several years ago. The 1999 Top-of-Utah marathon in Logan, Utah. She creamed me with a time of 5:03:31.08. The female results are here. My time was 5:26:31.08. The male results are here.
5 comments:
thanks brian for allowing us to comment to your blog! yep, i remember when ya'll ran the marathon here - impressive. but i guess you did not develop the LOVE of running to wait so many years before another race??
I would second Shelby's statement...Thanks for letting us comment on your blog! Not that I have any great comment to leave other than "Way to go!" I love running! Well I did...
Impressive times on the 10k! I liked the fact the you got faster. Usually runners like yourself with complicated thrombosed hemrrhoids run slower splits as the race progresses. Way to go Brian- we are proud of you!
Hey Brian-
I am so glad you came to visit our blog I was going to shoot you the link... you are quick! Its so much fun to see your family and how much everyone has changed I feel like I have not seen you in forever!!! Glad you like the background ;o)
BBQ's RULE!!! hehe
Love Ash
Scott,
The problem with smaller racing venues like ours is that they can only afford to place port-a-potties at the beginning/finish line.
So the faster splits were actually an increasingly desperate race to the first aid station for some preparation-H.
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