Our first group 5K and moved AO due to a race! Very exciting. 7 PAX for our first irregular event and we had several guys still out of town due to the Mardi Gras holiday.
Pre-Thang: Beautiful overcast and windy morning (9AM felt like afternoon because of our normal workout time) . A sharp looking t-shirt and the knowledge that our funds will go to support the LONE SURVIVOR organization was our motivation. Plus a desire to see the rewards of 4months of F3 in NOLA. Mr Awesome picked this event and we wanted to support his friends.
The Thang:
We stood seven strong with OUR shovel flag as the starting line! See pic. After Taps and a moment of silence.
First in for F3 NOLA was Reveille.
Then Mr Awesome.
Then Hawgcycle — Who ran the race barefoot and in ponytail. 2 things I’ve never seen and neither had a few others. He was the celebrity of the race. “Did you see the barefoot guy?” was heard a few times!
Then LIttle Ceasar with a solid run. His sister – Sister Ceasar also ran a solid race. She flew past me at the halfway point.
Then Tundra, Reluctant Yankee and Chaka Khan brought up the F3 rear guard but all 3 put down solid runs.
A fun event and nice morning run for the guys. 3 guys medaled. Tclaps to Hawgcycle, Mr Awesome and Reveille for their medals.
Tclaps to Tundra who just received a Fulbright to teach in Jordan next year! Very impressive. He also ran the 5k after being holed up sick in bed for 2 weeks.
Tclaps to YHC for my PR – I ran a 25.30. Almost 4 minutes faster than my last 5k. My first 5k since the F3 Leap in NOLA 4 months ago. Thats right I just Tclap’d myself.
Tclaps to Hawg for his sub 24 PR.
Tclaps to Chaka Khan who has been on a serious Mardi Gras bender and made a strong move to drag his you know what out of bed and left it all – in the birdcage!
Congrats guys! It was a fun morning. I’m looking forward to the SHAMROCK run now.
Peace-
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