Archive for September, 2011
Your Application for Entry Into the 2012 Boston Marathon
Dear Benjamin: Thank you for submitting your application for entry into the 2012 Boston Marathon. Regrettably, we are unable to accept your application due to field size limitations and the large number of applications we received from qualified runners. Name of Applicant Gender Age on 4-16-2012 Submitted Qualifying Time Benjamin Hauck M 36 3:15:16 Entries [...]
Satisfied
Today I ran the Fifth Avenue Mile. I pulled off a 5:21 in this 1-mile race. While this is 2 seconds slower than my PR for this race (set 2 years ago), I’m 2 years older and my age grade percentage actually went up slightly. So in some respects, while I was 2 seconds slower, [...]
I Placed First in “Fight Like Hell”(*) and Beat Lance Armstrong(**)!
* It wasn’t a race. I simply finished first. * I finished before Lance Armstrong, but I didn’t “beat” him as it wasn’t race. This evening I ran with Lance Armstrong and maybe 100 or so people for about 4 miles on Lance’s 40th birthday as part of his “Fight Like Hell” The Run concept [...]
