I was planning to run the Passavant 10k, but Bob Thompson asked if I would do the Biathalon Relay 5k portion for a very fast biker who was wanting to break the course record. I love that kind of challenge and couldn't say no! I won 2 min over 2nd place running a 16:12 5k and we broke the record by 9 minutes!
The following Saturday I ran an emotional 5k. The Brian McMillan Memorial 5k was special to me, as Brian was a friend who ran the St. Jude Springfield to Peoria Run with me the past couple of years. His wife Angela, worked in the ER when I started at the age of 16 and is like a big sister to me. (If you don't know, Brian was an Illinois State Trooper who was killed in the line of duty last fall.) The Sangamon County Sheriff's deputies paid my entry and gave me a police memorial shirt to run in. I told them I could pay my own entry fee and they said: "No way....we are betting money on you!" Gee, no pressure! haha I won and I am consistent if nothing else! I ran it in 16:12 again. Taking the next week off to rest per my EIU coach's advice--but I am doing active recovery with the bike, eliptical, ect... Scholastic is next on 6/21!
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You are indeed consistent. I was going to run the Brian McMillan Memorial 5k but I've been nursing a sore right hamstring. Good job and I'll see you at Scholastic!
Did you really run a WR for 3200 at State and only get 9th?
haha Just fixed it! Wish I COULD run that fast!!
How did Jordan do at his time trial a few weeks ago?
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