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Nov '05
I’ve been checking a bit too frequently, but tonight the times are posted on the CEP Timing site for today’s Phoenix New Times 10k:
Okay, so here’s the analysis… I’m pleased with the time, 1:05:13 which nets a 10:30 minute per mile, faster than I thought I would do. I came in… 2396 place out of 3001 recorded times. Ugh, I thought I was ahead of lots of people. Oh well.
In my 40-44 age range for men, I placed 242nd out of 265, pretty close to the bottom. Wow, there are a lot of really fast guys out there in my age bracket, right?
But all this means little- my goal was to finish as strong as I could, and now I have some benchmarks that I can set some new sights on.
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November 14th, 2005 at 8:44 am
Hey man… it’s badass that you got out there… and for what it’s worth, 2396 still means you beat like 600 people. (Plus all the people who didn’t show — you beat all of them, too.)
Anyway, I was just scanning through some of the New Times 10k comments, came across your blog and thought I’d say hi.
November 14th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
Thanks much, Jon… I have no running experience to gauge it against. I felt good and ran faster than I could, so as you suggest, the number means nothing. I was trying to be sarcastic.
And what a gas to see your results online!