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BamaDave · 04-24-2005, 08:39 AM

I'm more mad at myself for missing the turn, although I do think there should have been a guide at that turn. If so many of us missed it, the marking must not have been obvious - I can't believe that so many of us are that moronic! The race organizer is extremely nice, and I know they have problems lining up volunteers. Volunteering is something I need to do as well -- you know, the thing about being part of the solution and not part of the problem! OTOH, hell, we pay $25 to enter this race. I'd rather they use some of our money to pay somebody to stand on a corner and point instead of t-shirts! LOL. Also, I was surprised with this race, because all markings were on the road. Usually with our major races, they have signs up for all of the mile points and arrows at major turns.

I guess if there is a consolation, I still came in 9th out of 38 in my age group and 44th out of 297 overall. I'm still bummed, though, because my finish would have been over 2 minutes faster than the guy who won overall third place. And I would have definitely won the 1st or 2nd place age group award, unless I tripped or somethin' in that last 1.3 miles. Very frustrating, because of our popular local races, this is the only one where I have a chance to do that well.

I'm probably going to run a 5K in mid-May and then a 10K in Huntsville, AL on Memorial Day. The 10K is a big race, with lots of out-of-towners, and well over 1,000 entrants (which is a lot for Huntsville). I'll have to go for a PB in the 10K. Looks like there is a substantially hilly stretch on the course, but not anything like yesterday's race. There are several entrants in the 10K who can run sub-35 minute 10K's

, so should be challenging and fun to run with so many elite, superhuman runners.

04-24-2005, 08:39 AM	#93 (permalink)
BamaDave My Glutes Hurt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 6,178 My Profile	Re: See BamaDave Run (and Lift) I'm more mad at myself for missing the turn, although I do think there should have been a guide at that turn. If so many of us missed it, the marking must not have been obvious - I can't believe that so many of us are that moronic! The race organizer is extremely nice, and I know they have problems lining up volunteers. Volunteering is something I need to do as well -- you know, the thing about being part of the solution and not part of the problem! OTOH, hell, we pay $25 to enter this race. I'd rather they use some of our money to pay somebody to stand on a corner and point instead of t-shirts! LOL. Also, I was surprised with this race, because all markings were on the road. Usually with our major races, they have signs up for all of the mile points and arrows at major turns. I guess if there is a consolation, I still came in 9th out of 38 in my age group and 44th out of 297 overall. I'm still bummed, though, because my finish would have been over 2 minutes faster than the guy who won overall third place. And I would have definitely won the 1st or 2nd place age group award, unless I tripped or somethin' in that last 1.3 miles. Very frustrating, because of our popular local races, this is the only one where I have a chance to do that well. I'm probably going to run a 5K in mid-May and then a 10K in Huntsville, AL on Memorial Day. The 10K is a big race, with lots of out-of-towners, and well over 1,000 entrants (which is a lot for Huntsville). I'll have to go for a PB in the 10K. Looks like there is a substantially hilly stretch on the course, but not anything like yesterday's race. There are several entrants in the 10K who can run sub-35 minute 10K's , so should be challenging and fun to run with so many elite, superhuman runners.