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06-08-08, 09:16 PM
Hi,
Got my first medal at a district championship after 30+ years of racing. :eek:
Last year I was the youngest guy on a 220+ team. This year I was the oldest on a 180+ team. My three teammates raced this division last year and got a bronze with a 54:39. This year we got a bronze with a 51:13. We beat the fourth place team by 11 sec.
Our race wasn't completely trouble-free and I was thinking that I was going to fall off sometime during the last 6 miles (of a 23.5 mile course) but another teammate beat me to it so I was compelled to suffer to the finish. I didn't pull at all over the last three miles or so. :(
Second place beat us by over a minute and first (Amgen Masters) beat us by just under four minutes. BTW, looking at the start list, first was a foregone conclusion.
Got my first medal at a district championship after 30+ years of racing. :eek:
Last year I was the youngest guy on a 220+ team. This year I was the oldest on a 180+ team. My three teammates raced this division last year and got a bronze with a 54:39. This year we got a bronze with a 51:13. We beat the fourth place team by 11 sec.
Our race wasn't completely trouble-free and I was thinking that I was going to fall off sometime during the last 6 miles (of a 23.5 mile course) but another teammate beat me to it so I was compelled to suffer to the finish. I didn't pull at all over the last three miles or so. :(
Second place beat us by over a minute and first (Amgen Masters) beat us by just under four minutes. BTW, looking at the start list, first was a foregone conclusion.