Time of day 9:00 AM
Distance 3.11 mi
WUCD Shoe Air Pegasus (wh/bl)
Distance WU/CD 7.10 mi
Comments I had been thinking about this race for a few weeks now, and had never decided if I was going to compete. Last night I was certain that it wasnt worth doing as I have been continuously missing days and workouts. My friends were going out to the bar so I decided to join them and forget about preparing for a race. numerous shots and beers later, my inner racer spoke to me at about 1:00am. It told me to grow some balls, order another beer, and show up for the run. Left the bar, ate everything in sight in and around my refrigerator, set my alarm for 6 and went to sleep.
I woke up feeling great as the euphoria had not worn off yet. I packed my bag and drove off to NJ. Registered for the race and went back to my truck to wait before warming up. It was at this time that I began to feel last night and become extremely tired, coming to the reality that I am out of my mind. I half-assed a warm-up, stomach sloshing around. Lined up at the start with a few studs from the local NJ running store decked out in Brooks gear and matching uniforms, looking quite aware and ready to roll. I wished them good luck and burped a delicious cloud of well liquor from the night before.
Dont remember any splits, hung on for a sluggish third place showing and a refreshing 100$ for my efforts. Sadly 2nd was only 8 secs up and first was just 25 up, with a significant purse increase. Funny how things work out, even with the drinks its still quite depressing to see a 16 in front of my time. Finished the morning with a free beer from the race organizers and a bowl of baked zidi. Got to get better for the upcoming half. one more month to get serious.
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