10 miler pictures

Before with my neighbor Lori:


After!



I'm the one looking a little worn out. I got a side ache at about the five mile mark. Lori was trying to give me a little pick me up around mile seven saying we were going to pick out a person ahead of us and then go pass them. My response was something like, "No." She kept at it and would pick out someone walking - who I would pass anyway. Finally I yelled, "I'm not playing any of your games!" Too funny. She is a great gal especially putting up with me at 5am when we run together. I'm not the friendliest in the morning - in my opinion it is the middle of the night.

Lori finished 15 seconds ahead of me and she was about 200 places ahead of me. Crazy! Charles finished four minutes behind me and about 1900 places back. There was a ton of people!



If you go to armytenmiler.com and put in my bib number of 23872 you can see great pictures of the start. We started way behind the white balloon arch and beyond that were orange and purple arches. It truly was an amazing experience.

I DID IT!!!

Had the most excellent day yesterday! Weather was awesome as was the company. It was a great experience. Here are my stats:


Time: 1:31:10 Place: 8407 /21636 Pace: 9:07

I think we could have kept it under 1:30 but I had to use the port-a-potties at the four mile mark and there was a line.

I will post my pictures later - I'm off to school because I am still able to walk.

Heading out to D.C.

It's finally here - the big weekend! The weather looks perfect. I feel pretty good, managed to keep away from injury and sickness. By golly I think I'm ready! If you want to look at info about the race the website is armytenmiler.com. I don't think they have a "chip tracker." With a chip tracker you could enter my race number and and it would show you on a route map as I passed certain points through out the race. But they don't have it so I will quit talking about it.

Here are a few pictures from last weekends Rusksack Run. Our two teams that ran.

This is the team I was on: My neighbor Lori is in red, my neighbor Becky in blue, Lori's friend Brian in black and of course me.


Coming across the finish!!



Nick is the photographer for this weekend. Hopefully he'll get some good shots. I think it will be easier to get shots of my running than I have getting photos of him in action! That's a whole nother blog that I need to do. Did you know that I live with the fastest freshman in Burlington County, NJ? It's official! I do!

Beautiful Weekend!

My dear friend Holle flew in from MN for the weekend. We both participated in the Rucksack Run to honor GoldStar moms. GoldStar moms are mothers who have lost a son or daughter in combat. The event starts with a ceremony to honor the GoldStar moms and then the race begins. The moms are driven along the course in Humvees and they cheer for us as they drive by. It is really an incredible experience. Hannah and Charles also ran the race with us. It was a 10k and as always, a very touching event. Next weekend - Army 10 miler in D.C.!!!

I'm keeping my head above water in school. Kids are doing great. Nick is officially the fastest freshman in Cross Country in Burlington County. The varsity ran in the Burlington County Open and Nick placed 19th overall and was honored as the first freshman to finish. Pretty cool. His time was 17:36 for 3.1 miles. Figure out the minute per mile time on that! Maddie and Hannah have each been selected for lead roles in their schools plays. They are both fired up about that. Hannah has 2 games left in fall ball and has enjoyed the season very much. Isaiah just does homework and hangs out with friends and he is very happy with that. He has started Awana again and enjoys it. Charles' back has healed well and work is going well. He is also running in the 10 miler next weekend.

Th-th-th-at's all folks!

My life pretty much stinks right now!

That's all I have to say.