Well let's start off this with a race report from yesterday's Charlotte Airport's first annual 5k run.
As the name would suggest, this race was actually run at the airport. The race started and finished on one of the runways! It was a really well organized race and has the potential to become a big race in the area. The course was much more interesting than the usual trawl through the same old neighbourhoods. Running on a runway while other planes were taking off and landing was pretty neat!
I came 4th in 16.12 which was a pretty fair reflection of where my training is at the moment so I was happy wih the effort. The race was won by a new guy to the area who apparently used to run with the Hanson Group. A bunch of new studs appear to be converging on Charlotte which can only be good for the local racing scene
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My PRs
- 1500m- 4.04.76 (Kingston May 2005)
- 3k (Track)- 8.56 (Watford June 2005)
- 5k (Track)- 15.38 (Battersea Park July 2005)
- 5k (Road)- 15.45 (Hyde Park March 2005)
- 8k- 26.28 (Charlotte Nov 2005)
- 10k- 32.30 (Wimbledon April 2005)
- Half- 1.12.18 (Cleveland Sep 2008)
- Marathon- 2.43.50 (Charlotte Dec 2006)
5 comments:
Congrats! Sounds like a cool race. Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! :)
Good race, Paul (it's aurang, by the way). You've run in the 15s though, haven't you?
Running on a runway while other planes were taking off and landing was pretty neat!
That sounds pretty unnerving to me while racing, though cool otherwise.
They run a race at an airstrip?? Geez, where won't people hold a race. I'd like to run a race through the world's largest bathroom stall, but someone probably has already taken it...
Anyhow, congrats on the race. How's the PF holding up? Have you finally worked through it? Are you back to normal training?
Anyhow, I'll be sure to link you later tonight, once the we troll (daughter) gets put to bed.
PS: I'm thiking of coming to Charlotte in the spring to do that RaceFest 10k in April. Will you be there?
I have Aurang, yes and yesterday would have been a great chance for a pr had i been in the right shape. as Tusca refers to below i've had pf issues all summer and am only now back into pretty solid training with pretty much no worries about the heel
As for Race Fest 10k i won't actually be in Charlotte that weekend Joseph! a friend back in England is getting married that day so i'll be back in the home country. The guy who organises the race fest races is a friend and training partner of mine and i would certainly recommend either race- just don't expect a pr- Charlotte races are always hilly, unless they are run on a runway!!
welcome, mainers!
If it was neat watching the planes land, I can imagine what it must be like for the people who are actually in the planes to look down and see a bunch of crazies running a race on the runway next to them.
I linked your blog from mine...hope you don't mind.
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