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Steeple Chase 8k

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Jun 14, 2008

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I've finished a couple of races here and there...

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Maybe one day I'll be enough of a runner to run a race.

maybe not...

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Race: Steeple Chase 8k (4.9 Miles) 00:28:35, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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Contrary to what the name might suggest, the race is not what you're thinking in terms of a steeplechase; the race route simply passes a bunch of churches.  My race was fairly mundane as far as races go.  That's not to say I didn't thoroughly enjoy myself; I just didn't have an epic battle for the finish tape that sometimes happens.  I started in second, and I finished in second (although I think that if there had been another mile I would have fallen to third, but that's another story).  In any case, I beat a guy that I've never beaten before, and I got beaten by a guy that I have beaten before, so I guess I broke even.  Oh well; it was a well organized race, and a good time was had by all.

Comments
From Burt on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 00:19:10 from 98.167.151.26

Did any of the churches give you a warm fuzzy inside?

From JD on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 13:11:09 from 64.65.159.206

That's a funny name/premise for a race. Good job. You should change your "Goal Type" on your blog to "local elite". You seem to dominate any of the road races you run.

From Nevels on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:05:01 from 131.204.15.93

Burt: To be totally honest, I didn't notice much of anything that we passed along the race route - too much wondering "when is Reneau going to slow down?!" (he never did, by the way)

JD: Thanks. I just figure that I both know enough truly elite runners and I tend to just play around with too many races to consider myself any kind of elite...

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