<p>The game was fun and then DW & I went on our Valentine's dinner date. [raising a Dos Equis amber draft with lime and salt on the rim to Heme] Mariposai, I don't want to spread myself too thin trying to keep up with more than one forum. That's also part of the reason I don't facebook.</p>
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<p>Allow me to give some more details about my race. I had a blast! This was one of the biggest local races I've been to lately. There were 150 Masters Male runners if that tells you anything and it's a tough group of guys. #9 overall is in my age group and had a 30:10. I did a little over 2 mile warmup, then lined up. During my warmup I was concerned because the finish line had a bad icy patch. The national anthem was awesome and we joked around that the young lady singing was better than Christina Aguilera because she knew the words. It was very congested for the first half mile so maybe I should have started further up. I felt strong and did the whole "heavy hands" things on the hills but still felt myself slowing down. I did fly down the other side as usual.</p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/75294/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="Race Edmond 2-12-2011, Pace - Distance.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16214" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16214/width/800/height/480" style="; width: 800px; height: 480px"></a></p>
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<p>I passed people for about the first 4 miles and then a guy I picked off at the finish line. I had no idea until a few minutes ago when I generated this graph that I had so much kick at the finish! Luckily, the icy patch was just a wet spot by then.</p>
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<p>Immediately after the finish, I saw a group of runners from my town and ended up doing a cooldown with them after we grabbed a bagel and banana. I ended up with 11.3 miles for the day so I'm happy to get some miles in, too.</p>
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<p>Results based on gun time and remember I was quite a ways back: AG 21/54, Masters Male 55/150, Overall 179/732.</p>
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<p>Allow me to give some more details about my race. I had a blast! This was one of the biggest local races I've been to lately. There were 150 Masters Male runners if that tells you anything and it's a tough group of guys. #9 overall is in my age group and had a 30:10. I did a little over 2 mile warmup, then lined up. During my warmup I was concerned because the finish line had a bad icy patch. The national anthem was awesome and we joked around that the young lady singing was better than Christina Aguilera because she knew the words. It was very congested for the first half mile so maybe I should have started further up. I felt strong and did the whole "heavy hands" things on the hills but still felt myself slowing down. I did fly down the other side as usual.</p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/75294/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="Race Edmond 2-12-2011, Pace - Distance.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16214" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16214/width/800/height/480" style="; width: 800px; height: 480px"></a></p>
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<p>I passed people for about the first 4 miles and then a guy I picked off at the finish line. I had no idea until a few minutes ago when I generated this graph that I had so much kick at the finish! Luckily, the icy patch was just a wet spot by then.</p>
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<p>Immediately after the finish, I saw a group of runners from my town and ended up doing a cooldown with them after we grabbed a bagel and banana. I ended up with 11.3 miles for the day so I'm happy to get some miles in, too.</p>
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<p>Results based on gun time and remember I was quite a ways back: AG 21/54, Masters Male 55/150, Overall 179/732.</p>
