Well, today was Bloomsday and Eric Brady and I did the usual (bike to Bloomsday and then run the race). This year Eric Edmonds and Andy Anderson joined us. My time was a personal best: Finish Time: 0:50:17 Overall Place: 416 out of 42,761 Ran with a pace of 6:44 per mile The average pace for 37-year-olds was 14:55 Placed 8th among 797 people the same age Placed 10th among 2,443 people from Spokane Valley, WA Placed 281st among 33,995 people from Washington Placed 1st among 2 people with the same last name Placed 369th among 17,496 males Placed 5th out of 292 among 37-year-old males One thing that has become extremely evident for me is that racing is a bit like money. It takes effort to be content and not want to be faster (more). My goal was to be under 7 minute miles. However, I was so close to 50 minutes, that there is a twinge of disappointment that I didn’t get there. Oh well, there is always next year. Following the race, Eric Edmonds and I biked to the YMCA and swam 1 mile before completing our 100 mile ride for the day. © Copyright 2005-2008 Mark Michaelis Read More...