Running With Jack: A Few Race Statistics from the 50-miler

First a few race stat’s from Saturday’s 50-miler:

Finish time: 9:25:56
I was 41st out of 73 in my age group (M40 – this includes ages 40-49, I’m almost 48)
I was 94th out of 178 overall.

Average pace: 7:04/K (11:23/M)
Marathon time (26.2M): approx. 4:37:00

Last year I finished in 10:19:09, was 89/129 overall and 38/50 in my age group. That’s a pretty satisfying improvement don’t you think!

I went for an easy swim last night, covering around 700 meters before I grew lazy and wimped out. It was raining outside, so naturally the pool was full of kids that killed my nerves – at least I stayed off the couch :-)

My legs feel really good this morning, I want to run a small loop with my running club tonight. Hopefully I can keep my ego at bay and remain humble about my race. I’ve already received a couple congratulatory e-mails from a couple running club friends. Oh, I also called Walter a couple nights ago, he is the one from my running club who DNFed the race on Saturday due to knee problems. He is feeling better but has sworn off any longer races for the rest of the year. He hopes his knees will improve so he can run the race next year, he’s a fighter I think he’ll be there!

This weekend (Sunday) I am volunteering at my running clubs (LT TSV Graben) 5K/10K race, the Asparagus Lauf (run). I will be manning one of the water points and trying to spur the runners on! I’m looking forward to it, this will be my first time volunteering :-) Here's a copy of the poster for the race, isn't the running asparagus cool ;-)