Year of Races

Etowah Soccer 5k Shirt

I ran the Etowah Soccer 5k this morning.  I had a GREAT time even though the course was extremely hilly.  My good friend Reid (@reidtrego for you twitter folks) came and ran with me.  I really enjoyed having some company out there.  It definitely helps take your mind off the pain.

Reid, hot off his Disney Marathon, pulled away from me at the end and finished a very respectable 25:53.  I was close behind with a 26:09.  Not a P.R. for me this time, but a solid time considering the difficulty of the course.

As I had guessed, the event was pretty low-key.  They didn’t have race numbers, but rather handed you a placement card when you finished in which you wrote your name, time, gender & age.  The awards groupings were broken into under High School age, High School age & over High School age.  Kind of a shame really because, considering the large number of high schoolers and lack of old folks like us, Reid and I may have placed in our age group (35-39).

The t-shirt isn’t a technical shirt, but I do like the look of it.  It’s definitely one I’ll find myself wearing once the weather warms up (even though it is an Etowah shirt).

As I mentioned above, the course was super hilly.  I’ve plugged it into the awesome mapping site mapmyrun.com.  Check it out here.  I was moving along pretty well until the final hill heading back up towards the parking lot.  It was a killer for me.  According to mapmyrun, we had an elevation change of approximately 200 ft.  Yikes!  I hope the next race is flatter.

I’ll update this post with the official time results if they get posted somewhere online and also any links to pictures that may have been taken.

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