Joey and Will pulled away from me a little bit during the first mile and had a 1-2 second lead as I hit the mile in 5:21. I wasn't sweating nearly enough and that caused me to worry a little bit. I took the tangents for the 2nd mile better than they did, which allowed me to keep contact with them without too much of an effort. The 2nd mile was faster though, and in Normandy Village Will dropped Joey pretty easily. I was right on Joey's heals at the 2nd mile which I ran in 5:13, but Will was way up. At this point I still didn't know it was him though, and had the thought in my mind that he might come back. At the end of Normandy Village, we turn left around Fall Hill Avenue and get onto the canal path. I knew this, Joey knew this. Will did not. I couldn't see the volunteer when he got to the corner, but Bob Lang and his lead truck went right (as they had to) and so did Will. I knew it was about to happen before it did, and yelled immediately "Wrong way!" I didn't see him turn around but knew that he would too. Joey and I went left in the lead now and I said "There goes our integrity." He didn't respond.
After finishing, I talked to Will (to confirm his identity) and my family before going to cool down with Will. I was in high spirits and happy with the way the race had gone. You can't be too disappointed about running an even race and losing to a better runner. I collected my $50 happily and went about my day with the streak of runner up finishes resumed.
2005 - 2nd, 27:06 (Brian Beil)
2006 - 2nd, 27:10 (Jason Lewis)
2007 - 2nd, 26:56 (Ryan Deak)
2008 - 2nd, 27:17 (Tim Young)
2009 - 2nd, 27:21 (Pat Quinn)
2010 - 2nd, 26:36 (Tim Young)
2011 - 3rd, 27:21 (Joey Murray)
2012 - 2nd, 26:34 (Will Christian)
KC and I then spent the day at my mom's house eating shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes, drinking some Bud Light Limearitas. It was so hot outside that we had to spend some time just sitting inside with the AC. Thursday morning we woke up early and drove to the beach and I took a week off of running. Friday or Saturday I did go running with KC for about 3 miles and we played 18 holes of golf on Friday morning.
My first run back was on Thursday the 12th. I did 6 miles and it was so exhausting. I started out really slow, around 7:30 pace, and then just under 7 minute pace for the rest of the way, but I was sore. After 5 miles, my quads were burning. I stretched for a long time but was exhausted afterwards for the whole day. Friday, I went out for an easy 11 miles too, and felt much better during the run than I did the day before, and averaged 7 minutes the whole way after two very slow first miles. Afterwards I felt as though I'd run a marathon. Stairs were hard to walk up. Neither of these runs were done particularly early in the morning, so it was hot for sure. I ran this morning too, even later, and did another 6, but slower than the two previous days. My legs are tired but they will rebound. I'm glad I took the week off because I got to sleep in each day and am having a very nice time at the beach. Next week I'll start doing workouts for RMR, and in a week we've got the Tribal Quest race and the Mental Health 5K before moving on August 1. I'm excited!
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