Here's how it all went down. After 3 races I was second in my age division with only 2 races to go. Just so happens this past weekend was the longest race (13.1) of the series, and I was coming off the marathon only 6 days earlier. Aimee and I arrive in Forest Park to find icy roads and very little traction. Our goal was to just complete the races without getting hurt, especially the one carrying a baby. Slick? Yes. Traction? Random at best. PR-ing half way through the race? Yes-Sir!
I finished the race in 1:28:43, slightly behind my Half Marathon PR of 1:27:17, but I couldn't have been happier. My time was good enough to keep hold on 2nd place overall in my age with one race to go. So how does all this relate to the Twitter Road Race? Well, that night I was surfing around on Twitter and followed the hash tag to Doug's blog. If you click the link above you can read all about it. I signed up, entered my 5k split from the 1/2 Marathon that morning, and Wa-lah! Isn't Twitter great?
Weekly Re-cap 18 miles total: Monday: off; Tuesday: off; Wednesday: elliptical, weights and stretching; Thursday: 4 easy and stretching; Friday: elliptical and weights; Saturday: 13.1; Sunday: bike and weights
I JUST saw your comment on my blog - for some reason it went to the 'spam' section (I can only guess because you linked to your blog in the comment? I really have no idea) and I was randomly laughing my way through spam comments when I saw yours so I came over - holy crap you're fast! Congrats on Houston, your wife's "speed bump" shirt is the CUTEST!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the race! Thanks for emailing me to check out your blog!
ReplyDeleteI have been going back and forth on whether or not to get twitter (basically because I saw this race mentioned awhile ago), but I haven't taken the plunge yet! I probably will though since it is a good way to connect with other runners.