Hello Aaron,
I had intended to drop or at least write before but at least here I am,.... finally.
I wanted to give you an update on how we did in Greenville SC on January 24 at the Run Downtown 5k.
First of all, Greenville SC is a beautiful town that has a very nice feel to it. You could not help but like the place and we really enjoyed our day there. People were extremely friendly and there was a lot to see and do after the race.
Almost 2,000 finished the Run Downtown 5K. Good size field. The course is advertised as flat and fast. There is nothing flat about the course! It is hilly from start to finish! What makes it a fast course is the runners! There are a lot of lean, mean, fast runners in the Greenville area and the excitement of it all pulls you along. The group I was with went through the first mile at 5:45 and we stayed pretty much together until the last mile and then greater part of our group went out the back. I stayed with this one guy and we kind of went back and forth through the last 3/4 mile until pulled he away about 200 m from the finish. Some young guy about 35 or so. Smart ass! He did a great job of pulling me along though and I thanked him as best I could between gasps for air after the finish. I came in at 19:04 chip, which is the best 5K I have had in years. I ran 18:58 a couple of years ago on a flat course (one little down and up hill before the finish) in downtown Las Vegas (Race of the Cure). This run far exceeded that effort. I placed second in the Grand Master division and won a bottle of wine. Dennis Funk from Reidville ran 18:05. Dennis is 53 so he has few years on me but he ran a tremendous race. Super nice guy and we enjoyed talking to him for few minutes after the awards.
Eve ran 23:55 which is okay. She did not have her best day and we discovered the reason why a couple days later when she developed a cold. So she was most likely on her way down with that bug. The girls in the Master's division were tough. The top three were within a few seconds of each and all of them were under 21 minutes.
So, what do you think of the 60 year guy from Japan who ran 2:36 this past Sunday at the Beppu Marathon! Is that awesome or what? From what little I have heard he runs pretty much 30K each day and he has run over 70 marathons! According to the experts it sounds like he should be really burned out, right? Not! I will have to email Nobby Hashizuma and see if he knows anything about this 60 year old Nippon wonder boy.
Please say hello Scott, Mark, Kristie and your better half. Oh, by the way please tell your wife about the following....last week I was running at Biltmore Forest and plugging along at a pretty good pace, when all of a sudden something went "pop" in my left foot right smack dab in the middle of that spot that has been hurting for the past 6 months. Hurt like the dickens for about 2 seconds, followed by a tingling sensation. Since then it has not hurt a bit. Go figure!
Take care,
Bart
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