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| February 21, registering ... this sounds like fun! |
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| I ran this in 6:52 last year, so here I am! |
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| March 24, at race number pickup: me: "Hi, I'm Frank McDonald." employee: "Hmm, I can't find your number. Are you in the competitive group? me: "Uhh, yes?" |
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| March 25, from e-mail received at 7:10 pm Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, only one week after the marathon... |
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| March 26, 11:55 am, Everyone to the left of the yellow slash is in the competitive group. Thanks Kristi Swartz (facing camera in sunglasses), for assuring me that it would be OK to start up here. |
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| 11:59 am, I haven't run this season in temperatures this warm! |
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| 12:00:00 pm, The start! 12:00:15, I didn't know that I could run this fast. 12:01:00, I started out much too fast. 12:02:00, This little uphill is killing me! 12:02:10, I'm not at the big hill yet. 12:03:00, Man passes me pushing a stroller. 12:03:15, At the bottom of the hill; I'm already exhausted. 12:04:00, I need a walk break! 12:04:05, That would be embarrassing! 12:04:10, I really need a walk break! 12:05:30, Why didn't you take the walk break? 12:06:15, At last, onto Highland Avenue. 12:06:30, That man passing me is carrying a dog! 12:06:40, Where is that finish line? I'm dying here! 12:06:45, Did I hear the announcer call out "6:45"?! 12:06:53, I see the finish line, 6:53 on the clock! 12:06:55, If I really push it, I will break 7 minutes! 12:06:59, I did it, I DID IT 6:59! |
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| 12:08, Only one person seems to have finished ahead of me in our age group, but he finished in 5-something. |
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| 12:15, Feeling better, heart rate close to normal |
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| 12:45, Ran for a good cause, fundraiser to save the historic Virginia Highland Fire Station, Firehouse 19 |
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| 1:00 pm, That was fun! Too bad this will be the last year of the race, having reached the fundraising goal after 7 years. |
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