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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The Greying of the Finish Line

I ran my first race in years this past week (and my next is this Saturday). It was a time to see old familiar faces at the start line - and then I noticed that "old" and "familiar" points to something I've talked about endlessly here. People used to race, whereas now they participate; the old-time racers continue to race and they're still near the front of the pack, beating the participators a generation (or more) younger. Here's the top 10 from the race:

         RUN FOR THE APPLES 5 MILE RUN/WALK
       WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN OCTOBER 18, 2014
                                    

Place Name                    Age Sex Time    Pace     
===== ======== ==== ======================= === === 
    1  Greg Hexum               43 M   27:52  5:35 
    2  Daniel Strike            44 M   29:31  5:55 
    3  Adam Carlsen             22 M   29:59  6:00 
    4  William Sikorski         44 M   30:51  6:11 
    5  Jim Ramacier             51 M   31:37  6:20 
    6  Luke Charpentier         49 M   32:30  6:30 
    7  Gary Simon               46 M   32:40  6:32 
    8  Michael Kennedy          56 M   32:46  6:34 
    9  Daniel Nowlan            38 M   33:09  6:38 
   10  Jessica Paschke          29 F   33:26  6:42
 
 I was 35th, 8th among men over 50 (36:54).
 
 

1 comment:

JojaJogger said...

I have been participating in races for over 35 years. This participation you complain about is nothing new.