They did miss a couple of good races; My 1st marathon, San Antonio 1999, ran a 3:39! And in 2000, I laid down a stellar 1:32:30 for the 3M half marathon in Austin. They did list a couple of near-death experiences, too; San Diego and Boston in 2002.
It was too funny in Boston, 2002 (not 2001, when I THUNDERED in Boston!, EDIT, grinning) when I peeled off of the course and went and hung out at a keg party! The partiers were saying, "you can't do that! You've gotta get back out there!(pointing to the race)" I replied, "NO I DON'T!", and turned my back to the race. I drank a beer with them. It's true I was in a hurry and did kinda storm in and was pretty faaking DIRECT, "hey, you think I could TAP THAT KEG? I'm DYING OVER HERE!" How could they possibly deny me?? They quickly obliged, MY FRIENDS! And took pics with them (gave 'em my email addy so I could email the pics...cool folks!)....then I went back out...VERY HOT and Humid! Bleeding nipples (that's a 1st) and soaking wet socks...ARGH!
1st pic,Pre-race preparations, shoulda seen the whole pic, MANY (prolly 50-60) watering the bushes
2nd pic,Looking fine before the race
3rd pic, After things got really bad (the wheels FELL OFF), I stopped by to have a beer (notice race in full swing in the background)...Here are my brand new friends who's keg party I crashed:
Great memories in those Athlinks results! :):):)
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If you can find the results we'll post em.. Just click on the "Add a Race" link located at the top of the site.... I like the Boston story..
Andrew
Athlinks.com
Oh, thanks man! Neat idea you've got there! And I think you'll do well! Runners/athletes DO revel in their past performances (or cry their eyes out), so your documenting/archiving is NEAT STUFF!
As tiny frog suggested on her blog, ATHLINKS is "MySpace for runners"! I very much agree. Cool deal....I'll look at adding the races, but it might be too old...I tried 1999 SA and it didn't find it...Best, Evan
dammit! i forgot when i changed my template that the Athlinks stuff is now gone.
must add it back.
hey are you my friend on Athlinks?
if not ADD ME!!
1:32! That is stellar!
Btw...I added ya-hope it's ok! As for the pics... :-P
Those pics crack me up. I would love to one day run a race without caring about time and stop and drink some beer in the middle of it. In fact, during my entire run this morning, I couldn't stop thinking about how nice an ice-cold beer sounded, even at 6:30 in the morning...
Athlinks is awesome. What a perfect way to have a record of your own races and stalk other runners!
Thinking of drinking ice-cold beer at 6:30 am IS early! Even by MY standards!!... ;);)
Where the hell is JAMOOSH?? We need a ruling here!!! Too funny!!
Beer not necessarily the best choice of beverage during a marathon or even half marathon. Been there; done that; learned the lesson. I'll add a post later on in the week.
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