Run4Luck Race Report
This morning was the Lancaster Area’s Run4Luck near F&M College.
The temperature at my house (about an hour away) this morning when I woke up was a toasty 44 degrees according to the backyard thermometer. When I got the race it was a bit brisker and windy.
Luckily I had met up with Eric and his wife and daughter beforehand, and his wife was kind enough to take articles of clothing from us at the start. We were able to keep sweats on right until start time. She was also kind enough to meet us out on the course and take any clothing we decided to shed on the course.
I also ran into Marcus and another friend Dave from that area. And Eric introduced me to Jen and Bridget.
The race started on about 100 yards of grass and made it’s way out into the street and into a figure 8 through the nearby neighborhood. In years past the course has taken a couple of knocks as being short, but I think the beginning and end on the grassy runway added the needed distance.
Eric and I ran together for most of the first mile, each of us jocking for position during that mile. During the second mile I decided that I needed to pull ahead or I wasn’t going to be able to run my own race. During the second mile we would sometimes find ourselves running shoulder to shoulder.
At the end of the second and the entire third I ran ahead of Eric, not because I thought I was faster and should be in front, mostly because I knew that if I had any chance of beating him out there, it HAD to come in the third mile. If he was still with me for the last mile I knew he’d win as he would out sprint me.
Sure enough with about half a mile to go he pulled back up. He told me that it was going to be a sprint to the finish. I told him that he would win that one and told me that I would need to put him away there then. I knew for a fact the race against him was over. That’s cool I can live with that. I honestly didn’t feel nervous or upset. I have been chasing him since we started running, there was no shame for me to come in a paltry 8 seconds after him at 30:54 (official time).
Great race. I recommend it to anyone. Well organized, lots of volunteers decent bag of stuff to take along with you. The shirts are cool. I love the logo and that they are long sleeve. The cream color this year a little less than desirable in my opinion, but I wear some garish running shirts, so this one fits in right nice.
Viva La Run!
1 Mile splits: 7:42, 8:08, 7:50, 7:11 (So sayeth the Garmin)
Some stats (Garmin):
Distance: 3.95 Miles
Time: 30:52 (pace: 7:49)(I am using total time not moving time because this was a race, and I did stop to tie my shoe)
Average Heart Rate: 174
Calories Burned: 578