Tim Kennard

[woody]

Just saw the results from the Tim Kennard 10 Mile run. Dan won in 56:03 and Jeremy was 4th in 59:35. Good run by both of them. It looks like it was a pretty solid field this year.

[ericjoe]

Thanks for the update Woody. I will post this to the website. Dan, Jeremy. Race reports??

[burgrunner]

This was a very interesting experence. First of all, let me start by saying this is a great race and one of my favorites to do. Harlan Eagle, the race director, treats us so well when we travel down there.

The weather was warm, 60 degrees at the start of the race, which for us felt like 80. Dan and I were both drenched with sweat after our brief 3 mile warm-up. I was not sure what kind of shape I was in going into the race. This was just to be a tune-up for spring and a test of fitness. I went through mile 1 in 5:37, a little fast but feeling OK. I decided to back off a little but I did so too much and the next 2 miles were in the mid 5:50's and I felt like crap. Then, mile 4 I started to roll a little (5:42) and caught a few guys and was moving up onto the guys in 2nd and 3rd. At about the 4 1/2 miles, we cross a bridge, go up a little hill and were supposed to make a left turn, but the volunteer that was supposed to be there pointing us in the right direction was MIA (Dan made the correct turn because he was following the lead bikers but at this point in the race, between miles 2 and 5, there are so many turns on the course, if someone is a 50 meters ahead of you, you may not see them). The two guys in front of me and the three of four after me all continued going straight which took us out to one of the main roads by campus. By the time we figured out the we were off course, we were way too far away to turn back. During this point I stopped, jogged back to some of the guys behind me and talked to them for a second, caught up to the guy who was in second when he slowed down a bit to try to figure things out. he eventually stopped, so I did as well. I then noticed that the other guy who had been in front of me and the two that were behind me kept going to try to find the course. At this point, I had an idea of where we were so I ran (too) hard to get within yelling distance of them so that I could tell them where to turn. That ended up costing me as my legs never felt that same afterwards. We finally got back on course and finished up the race.

I'm guessing that our detour cost us 1:30 - 2:00 minutes but that is just a guess. I was pleased that I felt as good as I did during and after the race but I am still not sure what time I could have run. I would like to think that I could have caught the two that were in front of me if we would have stayed on course, but who knows. At least the weather was warm and it was a break from the ordinary.

[brucedenton]

Great run guys, that sucks that you traveled all that way and got sent off course, sounds like you are handling it better than I would have. Looks like you guys are coming into the spring in good shape, nice race!