Well, today was Bloomsday and Eric Brady and I did the usual (bike to Bloomsday and then run the race).  This year Eric Edmonds and Andy Anderson joined us.

My time was a personal best:

Finish Time: 0:50:17 
Overall Place: 416 out of 42,761
Ran with a pace of 6:44 per mile
The average pace for 37-year-olds was 14:55
Placed 8th among 797 people the same age
Placed 10th among 2,443 people from Spokane Valley, WA
Placed 281st among 33,995 people from Washington
Placed 1st among 2 people with the same last name
Placed 369th among 17,496 males
Placed 5th out of 292 among 37-year-old males

One thing that has become extremely evident for me is that racing is a bit like money.  It takes effort to be content and not want to be faster (more).  My goal was to be under 7 minute miles.  However, I was so close to 50 minutes, that there is a twinge of disappointment that I didn’t get there.  Oh well, there is always next year.

Following the race, Eric Edmonds and I biked to the YMCA and swam 1 mile before completing our 100 mile ride for the day. 

Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:38:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)      Comments [0]  Headlines | Personal | My Sports