Thunder Road Results

With only two weeks left in the year, I think it is safe to say the RMEC has run it's final marathon for 2009. We began our marathoning year when four ladies (Patti, Ursula, Jenni, and Tracy H) headed to Orlando to run in the Disney Marathon and Half Marathon. We finished our year when three men went to Charlotte to complete the Thunder Road Marathon.

Unlike the pancake flat Disney course, the Thunder Road Marathon was a series of hills. None of them were terrible, but they were pretty much non stop. As Scott said, "It's was kind of like running through Candlewood for 26.2 miles". The challenging course however never slowed the RMEC down.

Dave Lavely ran a 3:44:31 completing his third marathon in just six weeks. Scott Wingfield took advantage of his OBX training to squeeze in his third marathon of the year as well, and ran a 4:14:03. Both men will be enjoying some rest and time with the family for the remainder of the year.

Frank Lilley, completed his 12th and final "marathon+" distance of 2008. It turned out to be one of his fastest performances as well with a time of 5:21:05. This is just one week after running 26.2 at the Medoc Rerun! I know 12 marathons sounds impressive, but it is even more impressive when you list them all out: First Light, Myrtle Beach, Rocky Mount, Ellerbe, Country Music, Capon Valley 50k, Boogie, Sweaty Butt 50k, Richmond, OBX, Medoc Rerun, and the Thunder Road! Frank has a great write up on his blog about the experience. Be sure to check it out!

Kind of seems fitting to finish at the Thunder Road Marathon, because I think most of us agree that Frank took the Thunder Road to get there! He set a goal at the beginning of the year and worked hard to get it accomplished. There will be a post coming up in the next week about setting goals. Be thinking of what goal you will set for 2009. . .