Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Sizzling Mile



Last night Kevin and I ran the Sizzling Mile here in Springfield.. The weather was perfect, there were a lot of people and it is always a good time! Libby and Jon ran it too, and Jill came out of watch..

Kim from SHS track workouts was there and we were in the same heat Women's 7:00 - 9:30. That was cool.. Kevin was in the mens 6:00 - 7:00.

First heat was kids under 12.. we couldn't believe these kids!! The winner came in under 7:00 if I remember right.. she looked to be about 10 yrs old too! There were a couple of adorable little 'tots' out there too.. like 3 or 4 yrs old.. too cute. Kaiden said he wants to do it next year.. Next up was Libby's heat.. she did great! Talk about a kick in the end! woo hoo

Next was my heat. Started out at a pretty good pace.. 2:03 for the first lap but each lap was a couple of seconds slower and ended w/ a 8:23.. not my 8:00 goal but I had pretty much written that off a couple of weeks ago due to my performances at the track in the heat lately.. But it's a PR and 17 or so seconds off last years time so how can I complain?? Chuck and Kevin were in the same Heat and they both did awesome.. Chuck was around 6:30??? The results aren't posted yet so i'm not sure.. Kevin had a PR!! Was hoping for under 7:00 (6:59 last year) and did 6:51 !! yeah for him!!

The last two heats, 5:00 - 6:00 and then sub 5:00 are sooo cool to watch.. They had a new SM record last night! 4:3x?? Again, results not up yet and I'm not sure. BUT can you imagine that?? NOPE! Not me! Why isn't this guy in Beijing right now?? ha

All the guys from the track workouts did outstanding! Gregg overtook Bill w/ about 150 m to go followed by Eric.. they are amazing to watch too!

3 comments:

Chazter said...

Congrats on your fast times!

Results posted on KT's web site.

Kari F said...

Thanks! Awesome job to you too!

In an email to everyone this a.m. I said 'Kevin sizzled, I fizzled'... but I guess I can't complain.. it's a PR and quite a bit faster than last yea so I'll take it!

Anonymous said...

You look great! Congrats to you both on stellar times! I'm so proud of you!!