10K Race

[Guest guest]

I wanted to share with everyone the exciting 10K(6.2 miles)race that

I ran on Sunday, the Rock Bridge Revenge. It was not a road race,

but on a hilly, wet, muddy, slick nature trail. It rained the day

before. There was also a 20K at the same time, but I'm not sure I

can imagine running this course twice! I twisted my ankle once (but

it is fine), banged my big toe (still hurts) on a tree root or rock I

think. I had to cross a stream at about the 3 mile point in 1 ft

deep water. It did help clean the mud I had accumulated on my shoes

up to that point.

I placed 2nd in my age group men 30-39. My time was much slower than

my last 10K due to the rough terrain. The winning time was actually

about the same as I ran my last 10K, but was more difficult. I did

enjoy it and am actually looking forward to doing it again. There is

a group of people that ran it ahead of time several times this year

to prepare so I hope to do that next year. Who knows, maybe I'll

decide to do 20K?

There was a photographer taking pictures at the race. He got 4 pics

of me which I have put up on a web page that I quickly created

http://www.geocities.com/andyman68/rockbridgerevenge03.htm or the

shorter version http://tinyurl.com/sp3j

Does anyone here belong to any running or fitness groups with real

live people? I belong to the Columbia Track Club which gets together

almost every day of the week for different runs and they help

organize many of the 5Ks, 10Ks, etc. There is also a group called

the Columbia Multi-Sport Club which is for running, biking, and

swimming which I plan to join after the first of the year. I may

plan to get more serious about biking and swimming.

Andy

[Guest guest]

Wow that sounds like quite an adventure! I hope your toe feels

better soon... you know that surprises me that that's all that you

banged up from your description of the course. I am so impressed

with your 2nd place finish! *high fives*

Jen B.

> I wanted to share with everyone the exciting 10K(6.2 miles)race

that

> I ran on Sunday, the Rock Bridge Revenge. It was not a road race,

> but on a hilly, wet, muddy, slick nature trail. It rained the day

> before. There was also a 20K at the same time, but I'm not sure I

> can imagine running this course twice! I twisted my ankle once

(but

> it is fine), banged my big toe (still hurts) on a tree root or

rock I

> think. I had to cross a stream at about the 3 mile point in 1 ft

> deep water. It did help clean the mud I had accumulated on my

shoes

> up to that point.

>

> I placed 2nd in my age group men 30-39. My time was much slower

than

> my last 10K due to the rough terrain. The winning time was

actually

> about the same as I ran my last 10K, but was more difficult. I

did

> enjoy it and am actually looking forward to doing it again. There

is

> a group of people that ran it ahead of time several times this

year

> to prepare so I hope to do that next year. Who knows, maybe I'll

> decide to do 20K?

>

> There was a photographer taking pictures at the race. He got 4

pics

> of me which I have put up on a web page that I quickly created

>

> http://www.geocities.com/andyman68/rockbridgerevenge03.htm or the

> shorter version http://tinyurl.com/sp3j

>

> Does anyone here belong to any running or fitness groups with real

> live people? I belong to the Columbia Track Club which gets

together

> almost every day of the week for different runs and they help

> organize many of the 5Ks, 10Ks, etc. There is also a group called

> the Columbia Multi-Sport Club which is for running, biking, and

> swimming which I plan to join after the first of the year. I may

> plan to get more serious about biking and swimming.

>

> Andy