11/20-21 Race Reports

Add a few more ticks to the "TAF is Awesome" column:

• Keith rocked Raven Rock on Saturday! On a course which Oyler previously described as an EKG, Keith finished 7th overall (3rd AG)... WAHOOO! (results)
• Sean, Dave, and I headed to Wilson on Saturday for the Nash Street 10K, where TAF Racing once again dominated the podium! Sean was first across the line for us, finishing 2nd overall! He and the first place runner were neck-and-neck, both sprinting through the finish with the clock reading 29-something (which totally rivals Bobby Mack's time from last week)! I was next across the line for us, finishing up as the 3rd female overall, and Dave followed shortly thereafter. So, do you want to know something interesting? Despite the fact that we were all in the same race, we ran 3 different courses. Sean (and the 1st and 3rd runners) "choose" a course that was closer to 5 miles, I (and the 1st and 2nd females) "selected" to run closer 6 miles, and Dave had the unfortunate luck of being directed on a course that was in the 6.4 mile neighborhood. So, needless to say, we all set new "random distance" PR's... in three different distances... CONGRATS GUYS! Ok, ridiculousness aside, we DID compete well (in whatever race we happened to run)... and Sean totally would have set a legitimate master's PR in a 10K. Oh well, it was still fun, and met some cool people (the guy who finished 3rd was one of the runners from NC sitting beside us at the finish)! (results... I know they extrapolated Sean's time)

A few of us met up with Laurel today in Roanoke Rapids. We ran on the greeway there, which was beautiful, and apparently undiscovered by the locals (I think we saw 5 people the whole time... and I think two of them were the same person!). So, that concludes our weekend adventures. GREAT JOB everyone and enjoy the week (mmmmmm... I can taste the apple pie already). #20