Monday, May 03, 2010

Weekend, April 30-May 2, 2010 - Door County Half Marathon

Went up to my place in Door County for the first time since Labor Day. The cherry trees blossomed several weeks early so we had nice scenery along with the great weather.
My running friend Rich from Milwaukee also came up. We both ran the Door County Half Marathon in Peninsula State Park (Fish Creek) on Saturday morning. It was a beautiful course with lots of hills and nice temperatures. I came in 10th with a time of 1:25:38 (6:32 per mile), took second in the Masters category and first in the 50-54 age category. I have a little sunburn but otherwise and doing fine. Wasn't fully recovered yet from the Boston Marathon less than two weeks earlier so could have probably run a few minutes faster under normal conditions.

My friend Rich ran a 1:38:05 (7:29 per mile pace), coming in 48th overall.

The weather Sunday was cooler and cloudier, so we came back to Milwaukee in the early afternoon. On the way home near Sheboygan, a car was swerving back and forth between lanes and almost hit me when he went past at 80 mph. He almost hit a number of other cars and even ran off the shoulder briefly on both sides of the road. I called 911 and reported the guy. Don't know if he was on drugs, drunk or trying to text while driving, but he scare the hell out of a lot of people.

Till next week....

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