Great race!  Are you doing more running races over the winter?

Way to go buddy......... Meeting both goals is a sweet accomplishment. When's the next race?

Chris

Great job Frank!!

It sounds like your ChiRunning is coming through for you !!

Way to Go!
Kathy

I have been waiting all day for this report!!! Awesome, you met and exceeded your goals and had a great time doing it. Sounds like a really fun event, nice pics of 'ghouls'

Relax and don;t forget to stretch a bit.

Frank baby you rock! Plain and simple. I'm so proud of you. You set a goal and you met it. Good for you. Keep putting in the miles. And remember it can only get easier. Yeahhhhh. You rock baby! Keep it up!

Thanks everyone. I had a blast today. The ChiRunning concepts are really working well for me. The funny thing is that I've been talking to some long distance runners about it and they already run that way (for the most part). I guess some people figure it out on their own and others (ME) need to be pointed in the right direction and kicked...

I finally saw the pumpkin at the finish line, be I think he cheated - I didn't see him at the turnaround. My biggest kavetch with the race were the people doing 15 to 20 minute 5k's. They were fairly nasty (and vocal) about us slower people being in their way coming back from the turn around... So far, triathlons and wushu competitions are the only events that I've seen where people cheer on their "competitors."

My next race is in the middle of December. I've signed up for a 4 event race series over the winter. I am determined to become one with the road (as long as it doesn't involve me under a big truck), so I figured "what the heck." Once race every month from December to March. No T-shirts, but the whole series is $20 - can't beat that. You can pick to do a 5k or 10k when you show up. For now, I'm planning December, January and February to be 5k runs, and if I can get my distance up and pace down to 12 min/mile, I'll do the 10k in March. Thanks again everyone. I'm just getting warmed up

-Frank

Edited by scuba-punk 2004-10-23 8:10 PM

Great job Frank! Harrisburg huh....do you live there?

Yep, I've been living in the area most of my life. It's not bad once you learn to ignore the rednecks It's centrally located to all of my favorite places - Baltimore, NYC, DC and Ontario.

-Frank

awesome job! its fun racing with family - adds a whole new layer of motivation. my brother (who has done a half dozen half marathons in the past 5 years) ran with me in my first 5k last march. he finished 10 minutes or so ahead of me. now i'm slowly getting closer to his average times. it will be a great day when he and i can cross the finish lines together!

I've really enjoyed running with my brother. We live 3 miles from each other and don't get to hang out much - family, work, life, etc. - so it was good to spend some time with him. I look forward to continuing to run with him until he gets his first shoulder operation in December. Then, he won't do much for 3 to 4 months (the no Golf thing is going to kill him) and then in June/July of next year, he gets the other shoulder fixed up. Then the whole thing starts over again. I figure by 2006/2007 he should be ready to start swimming and cycling again

-Frank

Congratulations on your run!

I'm sure you have plenty of magnificent "places" to travel in your mind while running (saw your diving pictures on the album).

Getting closer to that wreck you wrote about!