2012 Races & Results

Good news! At 59, will be in 60-64 for some races, mostly duathlons. Still 55-59 for most running. Decided to skip swimming this year and focus on running and biking.

Flying Pig Marathon - May 6, 2012

• http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=22972&submit_action=select_result&re_DIVISION=M+55-59&lower_bound=0&upper_bound=200&highlight_no=3515#racetop
•     6.8 mile,  1:10:46, 10:21 pace 
• 13.10 mile,  2:18:40, 10:36 pace
• 19.70 mile,  3:40:11, 11:11 pace
• 26.2 mile, 5:08:42, 11:47 pace (last mile, 14.09, haha)
• http://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/05/flying-pig-has-landed_07.html

Mount Airy Trails (10.6 mile) -  May 20, 2012

• http://www.runningtime.net/Races/Mt._Airy/2012/Results/10.8%20Overall.htm
• 4/6 for (M+W) over 55, 42/43 all men (less lost time 3/6 and 39/43)
• http://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/05/great-day-on-trails.html

Sunburst Marathon  - June 2, 10K

• http://resultsarchive.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp#hot_links
• 50:42, 11/31 in M55-59, 228/1074 OA, 8:11 pace
• http://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/06/family-day-at-notre-dame.html 

June 10 - Sunday - French Park 3.4 mile

• http://www.runningtime.net/Races/French%20Park/2012/Results/Overall.htm
• 60/91 M, 70/147 M&W, 46/147 age graded, 9:54 pace
• perfect weather, major hills, some running in creek bed, half single track
• http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/101381363/
• proud of 100M uphill kick to finish, nothing left at finish
• http://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/06/french-countryside-on-sunday-morning.html

July 15 - Sunday - Caesars Duathlon - Sprint distance -  

• http://www.hfpracing.com/images/stories/12_results/Caesars/sprintduoverall.htm
• 21/46 overall, 12/46 bike
• new bike course, not as technical as last year, relatively flat and few turns
• room to improve on transitions and runs. need to train fast runshttp://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/07/motivation-at-caesars-creek.html

August 5 - Sunday - East Fork Duathlon - Olympic distance - DNS

• http://snydersshoes.blogspot.com/2012/08/east-fork-dns.html

September 15 - Saturday - Bad-to-the-Bone Duathlon - A Race

• http://www.bigbonelickrace.com/Portals/0/Results/2012BigBoneLick.html
• 3/4,  faster than 2011, 56/81
• 1st run 2.5 min faster, bike 4 min faster, 2nd run 1.5 min faster
• same old story, need to train on bike
• http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6218148133369847152#editor/target=post;postID=1805827252324660596

September 29 - White Tail Trail Half Marathon - Caesars Creek - 

• http://runcincinnati.com/results/WTTH2012-age.htm
• 8/19(50-59), 95/280 overall, 2:21:04, 10:46
• garmin said 13.58 m, 10:25 pace
• this race is a keeper
• all 7 in AG ahead of me were under 53
• http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6218148133369847152#editor/target=post;postID=3041943684842338818

October 28 - Sunday - Stone Steps 27K -  AAA Race

• http://www.runningtime.net/Races/StoneSteps/2012/Results/main.htm
• 33/44 overall, no age groups
• 3:39:43, 13:05 ave pace
• ave trail miles over 12 weeks was 13/week
• rule of thumb is 2 x race distance or 35 for 27K, 65+ for 50K, minimums
• duh

November 22 - Thanksgiving 10K - plantar fasciitis left foot = dns