Today was the RunTex 10/20 miler, my second running race. I finished the 10 miler in 2:04:28 according to my time, I don’t know what my official chip time is yet. There was a stiff breeze all morning long which made things hard. It was bloody chilly when I got there, I warmed up wearing my fleece jacket and promptly overheated. I ran the course, mad at the wind. I don’t know how many turned out for the race, I was bib number 1680. I was amazed and amused when I could look on the horizon in front of me and see runners strung out miles ahead of me.
The race was a loop 10 miles long starting and ending at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock. 20 milers did the loop two times before finishing. Somewhere after mile 8, I got lapped by Gilbert. I hear he finished first, which doesn’t surprise me; by my estimates he would’ve finished well under two hours. A good string of 20 milers were finishing at the same time I did and kept on coming in when I left around 3:00 race time. There were spectators at every turn, cheering on everyone as they went by.
The most I’ve ran is 12 miles, but after I exited the finished chute and stopped to grab a bottle of water, every muscle in my legs decided to lock up. I visited the on-site chiropractor, who gave my legs and shoulder a workover. My right shoulder popped, and man, it felt wonderful!
I hope Kreutz got some good photos of me, I don’t have any of my running yet. I’m glad I finished. I feel really, really good about it.
