I ran the Big Bird on Sunday. It's a 10K and one of my favorite races. I didn't train specifically for it, but had residual training to carry me. I ran pretty well, faster than the last couple of years. I was pretty pleased with my time and effort. (The day was absolutely glorious!) Hey, I figured, faster than last year, new age-group...likely I'll place in my age-group and get an award. Imagine my chagrin to see the results and discover I was nowhere close to the top, but 7th--yep, 7th! Those old guys are fast! Another runner, Mike Markie, upon my feigned lament, commented, "Maybe you can wait 'em out!" Heh Heh!
Almost lost in the race was the shattering of the couple decades old women's record there, 34:06, which bested the old mark by well over a minute. The runner-up beat the record, too. The first woman was 3rd overall and the first masters was 4th overall. A 67-year old, Doug Goodhue, ran 40:11, which age-grades to 30:48!!!! And, almost 900 runners participated.
Next week the Light Fest (everyone so far!) and De Luca's for post-run pizza and beer!
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- Ron Marinucci
- I have been married to Karen for 47 of my 73 years. I have two sons, Mike and Matt, both adults (at least in chronological age), and three grandchildren. I am retired, I suppose. I continue to teach college history, part-time; I still enjoy it, although the increasing amount of silly paperwork is grating and will likely be what drives me to fully retire. I have a BA in history from Amherst College and three graduate degrees. I do a little writing, too, some of which actually brings in some money.
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