Jesse, Tourist Mike, and I survived the 5k last night to officially open Dusty Spikes racing season. Luckily, it cooled down to a chill 98 degrees by race time. I shocked myself with a PR of 18:46 which was over 4 minutes faster than my performance last year. Tourist Mike, wearing giant trainers, followed in 19:35. Jesse made a solid 5k debut with a 19:55 which was very impressive being that this time last year I don't think he was in good enough shape to work a water station.
This was also the first time I raced in flats which definitely helped. Running more than 6-8 miles a week and being 10 lbs lighter probably also helped (I've been running 15-20 miles per week for over 2 months now). The heat took its toll on me the last mile and I was left staggering around in a daze for 15 minutes after the race. I did a 5 minute cooldown run, grabbed a water bottle and decided to hunt down Jesse and Mike. I found them next to the beer truck of course. Jesse was halfway through his free beer and was asking Mike if he could have his complementary beer stamp.
Overall, we had a blast and I can't wait to find another race.
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Nice job guys, that's impressive, especially for a bunch of marry's. Ha ha
ReplyDeleteWay to go fellas. I'm especially proud of Jesse for how far he's come. We're you serious in your downward dog post that you lost 60 lbs?
ReplyDeleteOne criticism: Before this post came out, I looked up the results and didn't find Jason anywhere. I checked again and didn't see anyone with an 18:46 finish time. What gives? Did you miss the finish line? Was there a mix up? Did I read the results wrong? Please tell me I'm reading this wrong. Or do you feel, as a rich white who runs 18:46 for a 5k, that you are entitled to not pay $40 to run a race?
Thanks CJ. Thanks Allport. To be fair it was more like 50 lbs. I was one fat bastard.
ReplyDeleteRemember that Jason has two aliases... fuckhead jones and David Alexander. I'd try the David Alexander for the results. But I can confirm that Jason ran 18:46. Strong!
Apparently something was wrong with the chip in my race bib so I'll never know my official time. 18:46 was what my watch time minus 2 seconds to account for the time to actually cross starting line. I am seen in the race video crossing the finish line but I realize the conspiracy theorists will point out that this doesn't prove I ran the entire 5k.
ReplyDeleteSounds a little fishy....
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