Shane, Scott, Jeannine and me before the race
Ran a 5k last night to help raise money for my coworker Greg who’s been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Over 1000 people showed up to run. So many, in fact, that they ran out of race numbers!
This is fantastic news for Greg since the majority of the $20 per person entry fee went into his pocket. With that, plus the additional money that has been directly donated, Greg probably raked in about 25k! That’s probably more than he makes in a year working at the running store. It’s amazing what a community can do for a single person.
Big props to Lee the owner for organizing the race and to practically the entire staff for volunteering. Lee even closed all 3 stores early so that everybody could run the race. The after work hours are probably the most profitable part of the day for the stores so that was a major sacrifice on his part. Very honorable.
It was more of a fun run than a race for me. The course was a very hilly and technical romp though the paths of Prospect Park so it wasn’t a race to try and PR in. I talked to a couple of very fast guys and they all finished a minute off their best… and they were really trying.
I think just about everybody I know (who runs) turned up to participate. The starting area was more like a cocktail party than a race venue. Every time I turned around I ran into someone from my team, the running store or that I’ve coached. This and the great weather made for a really nice night.
I ran 00:21:40 @ 6:46 pace. This put me in at 8th on my age group. had I been racing I could have probably finished 5th. I let 3 guys pass me in the last 100 yards that I could have kicked to hold off had I been interested. My achilles has been bothering me a lot lately and I didn’t feel the need to get up on my toes and sprint it out. I have bigger fish to fry.
Lyme-wise I felt alright. My right calf area went a little numb for a bit which was weird. It didn’t effect my running, but I was afraid it was going to. It only lasted 2-3 minutes and then went away. Just the bugs trying to remind me who’s in charge, I guess.
