[morph]

I wrote a long summary yesterday and got booted off, so this will be brief.<br><br><b>Weather</b>--clear, 50s, perfect<br><br><b>Course</b>--city of Austin, lots of crowd support, hills at the end. (!)<br><br><b>Entertainment</b>--fireworks, bands every mile or so<br><br><b>People running in costume</b>--a guy in the Will Farrell Elf outfit, and a Texas Aggie football player<br><br><b>Who I ran with</b>--my little brother!! Technically, he left me behind at the start, but we were together in spirit. <img alt="cool.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif"><br><br><b>PR?--</b>YES!! My old time was 2:17 and I ran this in 2:04:04!! Totally surprised me because I didn't train much...didn't even follow a training schedule...I did get in an 8, 10, and 12 mile long runs, but verrry slow ones. I just decided at the beginning to go for it, and was surprised that I could handle 9:00 minute miles. Living in the hill country and my two cross-training days per week must have really helped.<br>
I had to run under someone else's name as this race sold out, and I bought our bibs on craigslist. Thank you EB from Houston, I had a lot of fun.<br><br>
Now I'm ready to get under 2 hours, or even 1:50 and fantasize about Boston.<img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">

 

[JJJessee]

Congratia Morph.<br>
It's always fun to run better than anticipated isn't it?<br>
I bet you're right about the hills and XT.<br>
Austin would be a fun town to run.<br>
Keep dreaming and training for Boston, you'll make it.<br>
Good run,<br>
why not celebrate<br><img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"><br>
jjj