Race: A Spring Classic – April Fools 4 Mile Road Race
Date: April 3, 2010
Distance: 4 miles
Full Results Here.
I’ve only been running again since October and I never raced when I did it as a cross-training for rowing. So most of my races have been personal records simply because I manage to finish them. I actually have not repeated a lot of distances yet, but I was really looking forward to running another 4 miler because my 4 mile PR had a significantly slower pace than my first half marathon a few weeks later.
I headed over to Salisbury for the 3rd race of the Will Run for Beer Series (the second I was running in). We met at the runner’s circle sports bar and I collected my bib and T-shirt.
The race was timed by D-tag. I love having a chip time but I hate the waste of disposable tags.
The weather was hot for April, 80 degrees F. I wasn’t really ready for the warm weather. My hamstring was still bugging me a bit so I took the start a little lighter than I normally would have. I got quickly pretty quickly but had to skip the first water station because of people stopping and blocking the way. I actually very nearly slammed into a woman on the second one because she stopped so suddenly when I was just trying to get a cup off the table.
After I got my cup of water (at almost mile 3) I was feeling so much better that I started passing people. I managed to break my P.R. by almost 3 minutes as I broke 35 minutes by tag time.
The post race included much loved watermelon and being part of the “will run for beer” series a post race beer party.
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