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It was not a good day. Sorry.

Saturday, June 09, 2012

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I'll write a blog about it, probably tomorrow, but I thought I'd let people know that I did not have a good race. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. While I complain about rain more often, wind is my greatest enemy. And today, the wind found 2 ways to hurt me. First, there was a tailwind for the first 5 miles which encouraged me to run at a too fast pace. Then there was a constant 30 mile an hour headwind for about 14 miles.
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I seriously considered dropping out during the race but then figured that would be more disappointing than a slow finish time so I plugged on to an unofficial finish time of 4:12:01.

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SIMPLE_TAILOR 6/21/2012 10:09AM

    There is nothing to be sorry about. You still have another race in your belt and you learned. Two very important things.

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CHEEKOCHRISTMAS 6/14/2012 2:27PM

    I'm sorry the race wasn't what you had hoped for, but you should still be proud of yourself for finishing. emoticon

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LADILADIDA 6/14/2012 9:19AM

    Honestly, I consider the race you ran a great race. What better example of courage and inspiration, continuing on despite the odds and negative mental chatter??? The race you won was against yourself and your better SELF won, IMHO. I am proud of you.

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BE-THE-CHANGE 6/10/2012 7:44AM

    I am proud of you for finishing!

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LIGHTNINGRUNNER 6/10/2012 7:24AM

    Ray I am so sorry emoticon . but you continued onward and did a respectable time that most of us would die to have.

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HEALTHIERKEN 6/10/2012 1:18AM

    It was a good day because you entered the race, and you completed it. That's what runners do.
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GREASYJOAN 6/9/2012 11:19PM

    But you finished! That, to me, is so very impressive!

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MIAMIA7 6/9/2012 8:51PM

    Sorry to hear you had such a rough race but the others are right...you stuck it out and finished!

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BOBBYD31 6/9/2012 8:42PM

    you got out there and did it, it takes more to finish a hard race than one you can trot thru, you should be proud of an amazing accomplishment

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ACTIVE_AT_60 6/9/2012 8:09PM

    I agree with Keith - you finished ...

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LKEITHO 6/9/2012 7:18PM

    Hey, you finished, and with a time that is way faster than anything I could ever dream of. Congratulations!

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JERILYN1952 6/9/2012 6:46PM

    Hey, at least you finished it. Or better yet, at least you were in it! There are a lot of us (me included) that don't have the courage to even enter something like that much less actually do it!

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