It has been a busy week, so the blog is a bit behind. First of all, lets start with some congratulations. Two RMEC members races in the inaugural Buckhorn Triathlon last weekend. This open water sprint tri had a 1,000 meter swim which made it more challenging than most sprints. Cliff finished 4th in his age group with an overall time of 1:40:55. Nipping at his heals came Mary with a time of 1:42:30. Mary knew she was the only one in her age group, so she set a goal to crack the top 10. . . she finished 9th among all women and also was in the top ten of each leg of the tri. 10th place was over four minutes behind her. Great job guys!
New member April G. ran just her second 5k when she traveled to Raleigh for the Race for the Cure. Her previous 5k was at the Fun Run for Charities where she debuted in 38:31. In her second race she knocked three minutes off her time finishing in 35:24. Nice job April. Ford's Colony is calling you for your first 10k!
Now on to the good luck. . . Fist of all, Frank and Ron are both running the Galberry Stampede in Scottland Neck on Saturday. This race is only 30 minutes away for anyone else who is interested.
Further from home, Tracy P. is racing in Grandma's Marathon. If you are not familiar with the race, it is held annually in Duluth Minnesota. This summer marathon is one of the last chances to squeeze in a race without worrying about heat and dehydration (excluding my personal performance). The current forecast looks favorable (Start - patchy fog and a temp near 55. Finish - partly sunny with temps near 70) You can track Tracy with alerts by signing up online.
Wow...that was a HOT race.
ReplyDeleteGreat change of scenery running on the farm paths in between the cotton fields...It was beautiful. 10k runners ran the 5k loop twice.
I started out way too fast and it caught up with me fast. Finished in 57:06 according to my watch. Good enough for 2nd place in my age group, which was also last place in my age group.
Thanks to Tom Majure, Tom McDowell, Scotland Neck Our Community Hospital, and all the other volunteers! It sounds like they are planning to do this again next year and make it a little bigger.