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! :):):)
