10K / 20 Miler Photos

The last 5 posts have been about IM WI. But on Saturday, just before heading out to Madison, Pharmie and I fit in a quick race. It was the “Get Ready to Rock” race, and it had a 5K, a 10K, and a 20 mile. I posted a quick report last Saturday that said I finished first in the 10K with a time of 36:46, and that I ran most of the race by myself. Here you can see the next finisher was about 3 minutes back:

And apparently my name is “Sten”

Gary snapped a lot of photos. Here’s the start of the 20 mile (the race the Sarah and Chris ran):

Here’s the start of the 10K, and I was out in front from the get-go:

Tom snapped this photo of me waving at Gary...


...and here’s me waving at Gary (in my new Sugoi tri top)

Like I said in my race report, the run was rough. The last 2 miles were tough to get through. I rounded the final corner in the parking lot, and I was hashed. There were 5K finishers still finishing up, so Gary announced me as the first place 10K runner. This woman in green was excited for me:

I was dead


Hitting the line

I talked to some of the other finishers as I waited for the 20 miler runners to start coming in. They had an awards ceremony, and here’s Mark and his daughter presenting me with a visor for winning:

I got changed in a porta-potty and then cheered for the 20 miler finishers. Here’s a bunch of 20 miler finishers coming in with Mark and I cheering on the left (Mark and I talked there for about 15 minutes):

Chris came running by in 8th place in the 20 mile! Congrats Chris!

Pharmie came by a bit later. She had a rough run. She wanted to be about a minute/mile faster. She still was able to flash me a smile as she ran by:

Pharmie had about 25 minutes to cool down, and then we hopped right in the car to drive 4 hours to Madison. What a weekend!