Name: Give Me Five
Date: April 5, 2008
Distance: 15K
Location: Bedford, Indiana
Course: Gradually downhill on the way out, gradually uphill on the way back (Click here to view course.)
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Results Link: Click here.
Weather: Foggy, 40°, wind calm
Notes: The last race of the 2008 Let's Go training series was the toughest for me by far... because I couldn't participate. I'd found out two weeks earlier that the nagging pain in my left leg was a fractured bone. The 15K was definitely out, and my status for the Mini Marathon remained to be seen. However, I still wanted to be involved, so I volunteered on the race course. I sat near the 1.5 mile marker and directed folks and cheered for them as they ran by me. My consolation prize was that the fog made for some pretty pictures. It was still tough to watch the people in my pace pack breeze by me. I wanted to join them badly. Ironically, the Times-Mail Personal Best Feature about me appeared in the paper that morning.
Photos: 13 — See below.