Shamrock and Oaks 5k Results

I am behind on tracking race performances, so I wanted to do a little catching up. If you are ever racing, let us know so we can keep the rest of the club updated. Here are some of the more recent performances.

Shamrock Half Marathon: Jeff Hartney and Levi Moore have joined us for a few Saturday runs. Both are training for the Charlottesville Marathon, and have been feasting on half marathons for the past several months. Jeff H. ran a very impressive PR of 1:24:09, finishing 8th in his age group and 87th overall. Levi, who has really only been doing half marathon for less than a year set a PR as well running 1:50:39 and finished 1044th. A point of note. . . He did all 13.1 miles wearing a mullet wig. Total finishers was 5,277, so both are to be congratulated on a great performance. Welcome to the RMEC guys!

Other Rocky Mount finishers were:

• Michael Votava 1:54:22
• Herb Evans 2:03:01
• James Tharin 2:30:39

I do not know any of these runners, but if any of you do, let them know about the club, and invite them out for a run.

Run for the Oaks 5k: The local 5ks are starting to get in to gear, and the Run for Oaks in Raleigh helped to kick things off. Jason ran the race as a tune for one of his many upcoming triathlons finishing in 21:45. The rarely seem John T. also ran finishing in 24:24. If you are reading this John. . . Come join us on a Saturday. Tom has been nursing some sore legs, but still manage to pull of a 25:37. A total of 514 runners finished the 5k. Well done everyone.

Other Rocky Mount finishers were:

• Edward Vick 18:42
• Adam Cook 32:49

Rocky Mount Marathon: Last but not least is the Rocky Mount Marathon. This inaugural event meanders the streets of Rocky Mount, and even into the bathroom of several homes. It also takes in the scenic Boy Scout camp out in Battle Park before finishing somewhere in the Harris Teeter parking lot, when the Garmin reads 26.2. Frank Lilley, not only ran the race, he design the course (on the fly), won his age group, was the first overall finisher, and set a course PR. The second place finisher was not even in sight when Frank won. In fact I still don't think the 2nd place person has crossed the line! Congrats Frank on raising the bar for all of us.

To all who have raced in 2008. I promise I will updated the 2008 race results page to reflect your performances. Things have been busy lately, and I just need to take the time to key them in. If you have run a race that has not been reported in a blog post, post a comment here so I can make sure to include you.