It's the Final Countdown! Fitness - 5/21 & 22

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<p>Congrats, <strong>RFTL</strong>, <strong>Amichel</strong> and <strong>Ailarie</strong>!  Nice work!</p>
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<p>And congrats on the hardware!</p>
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<p>Nice way to end 39 <strong>Bob</strong>!  Would you have gotten 1st AG if you were 40? Maybe tomorrow</p>
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Nope, I would've been third place in the 40-49 AG.  First two guys were in their 40s.  Third place was 16.  Fourth was the M30-39 guy that beat me, fifth was another teenager (15!), then me.  First place in M20-29 came in 7th.  So this is probably the first time I beat all guys in their 20s.  I'm pretty sure it's also the first time I beat the female winner.  (I think she was 12th overall).  Again, this just proves it was a slow crowd.  Heck, the winner was well over 20 minutes, and less than a minute ahead of me. <br><br>
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<p>My beasts are crashed out from their walks this morning. I might join them for a snuggle.</p>
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I first read this with an extra 'r' added in there somewhere.  I'll leave it to the imagination for y'all to figure out just where I read that in...  <span><img alt="icon_geek.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_geek.gif" style="width:25px;height:24px;"></span><br>
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<p>Good morning, folks.  Well, I ended my 30s on a good note yesterday, and got my 40s off to a good start today.  It was another small race.  (Both of these are inaugural events, which I'm sure helped keep the crowds down).  My time today was 21:55, which is 30 seconds slower than yesterday, on a much easier course.  But that's to be expected.  I'm pleased with the consistency today.  My three mile splits were 7:01, 6:59 and 6:59. </p>
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<p>Whereas the winner yesterday was over 20 minutes, the winner today was around 17 minutes, I think.  But my time was still good enough for 15th place overall.  And, amazingly, it was good enough for 2nd in M40-44.  And, the first place guy in this AG was second overall, which means I was given the medal for 1st in the AG.  And I actually would've been third had I still been M35-39.  So for once. the 30s was more competitive than the 40s.  Luckily that happened on my first race in my 40s.   </p>
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<p>The 14 people that finished ahead of me were all over the map, age-wise, from teenagers to 55+.  But no women again.  Before yesterday, I don't think I had ever finished ahead of the female winner, but now it's happened twice in a row.  I guess all the fast ladies stayed home this weekend. </p>
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<p>Well, now I want a nap...</p>
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<p>Oh lordy, how could I forget to talk about Jillian's first race?!  She did great!  It was a very short thing.  They split the kids by ages.  2 & 3 year olds, ran together, 4 & 5 ran together, etc.  There were only about a half dozen in the 2-3 group, but Jillian smoked 'em all!  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130607817726915"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130607817726914" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>  Well, one girl gave her a run for her money, but Jillian beat her at the end.  Here are some pics:</p>
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<p>That's her in yellow before the start, checking out the competition:</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/85777/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="DSCN1926.JPG" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16945" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16945/width/375/height/500" style="; width: 375px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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<p>And they're off:</p>
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<p>Yup, she's the winner!</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/85781/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="DSCN0451.JPG" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16947" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16947/width/375/height/500" style="; width: 375px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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