Monday, December 22, 2008

Seriously? An Age Group win?

So that 5k race I ran in the middle of my 12 miles on Saturday? The one where I didn't even run as fast as I could?

Yeah, apparently no one else in my age group did, either. I won the AG (35-39). By almost 4 minutes.

Seriously?

It wasn't even a fast race for me! The top two women in the next AG up beat me by more than 3 minutes! This is how I get my first AG win? Crazy.

I wonder what the prize was...

13 comments:

Runnin-From-The-Law said...

Congrats - a win is a win! Call and tell them you want your prize!

Antoinette said...

Sometimes it happens like that, I should know. :)

Congrats!

Maggs said...

A win is a win. Be proud of it...especially since it was in the middle of a run. Congrats.

Stephen said...

That is GREAT! Much better than expecting to win and getting edged off of the podium or thinking you won and finding out later there was a timing problem. Getting surprised with good news is always better than the other way around.

Jen Jones said...

Awesome!

Call and find out what the award was, maybe it'll be a nice gift certificate!

Good job!!!!

Sherry said...

That's so awesome! So many folks said above tha a "win is a win" and I'm another believer in that statement! Congrats to you!!!

Maria said...

The prize is bragging rights and a boost to your ego! You've worked hard, enjoy it.

Nice work Lora!!!

phdatc said...

Congrats!!!

KP said...

Nice work, no matter how you got the win, a "W" is a "W".

solarpowered said...

Thanks, everyone!

Just a follow-up: the prize was, apparently, just a certificate which they'll mail to me. No big deal -- I'm just surprized with the placing! :D

KP said...

What the prize actually is is of no matter. The important thing is the accomplishment.

solarpowered said...

Thanks, Kevin :D

And clearly I'm so thrilled by this win that I can't spell correctly or think of a better word than "just".

Duh. :rolleyes:

KP said...

To answer your question...the current plan is 4 days of running for the first two weeks, then 5 days running from there until race day.