[Left to Right: Me, Conrad (whose real name might be Carson), and Benjer]
Funny stories about the race...
(1) We were about halfway back in the crowd at the starting line when from behind us we heard a quiet man talking on a quiet megaphone. He said something about turkey and made a gobbling noise and it seems he might have said "Ready, set, go!" or something like that. The thing is, no one in the front (or the middle) of the crowd could hear him, so every one just stood there. Then people in the back began freaking out, shouting, "GO! HE SAID GO!" But no one in the front (understandably) wanted to start running just because a few people behind them said that a man said the word "go." So the three of us just stood there wondering what kind of a race we had gotten ourselves into. I'm pretty sure they reset the clock and a quiet man said "go" to the people in the front (I still couldn't hear it), because everyone finally started running.
It's hard to see, but in this next picture I'm the one on the far left with orange shoulders. I'm picking the old man in the white shirt as my "Runner to Beat." 
(2) At about 1.5 miles, Benjer and I got passed by a 9-year-old. He made me want to fake a pulled hammy. However, he had to stop to walk at about 4 miles and I blew past him and dominated him for the rest of the race! Booyah!
(3) Apparently, during the race, Silas received a free hackysack for agreeing to quit smoking. He thinks it's funny, but I'm going to hold him to it.
(4) I was holding Silas after the race and apparently he had been waving, unbeknownst to me, to a 6-foot-tall bee. I turned around and it was coming straight for us! I couldn't let it smell my fear, but Silas was more cool and composed. As the Old Country Buffet Bee (the O.C. Bee) was asking Silas for a high-five, Silas calmly and politely signed "please" and told the bee, "Bye-Bye." The bee gave us some type of coupon and left. Silas saves the day.
Here are the results:
http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?pubID=3&rsID=49949
Paul:
Time- 49:56 (8:03 per mile)
Place- 129 of 346
My goal was under 50 minutes!
(Look at the guy in the short shorts envying my great finish!)
Benjer:
Time- 51:17
Place- 144 of 346
Conrad:
Time- 1:00:21
Place- 258 of 346
Benjer and Conrad were really impressive! It was a great first step on our journey to the Denver Marathon, October 2008.
Funny stories about the race...(1) We were about halfway back in the crowd at the starting line when from behind us we heard a quiet man talking on a quiet megaphone. He said something about turkey and made a gobbling noise and it seems he might have said "Ready, set, go!" or something like that. The thing is, no one in the front (or the middle) of the crowd could hear him, so every one just stood there. Then people in the back began freaking out, shouting, "GO! HE SAID GO!" But no one in the front (understandably) wanted to start running just because a few people behind them said that a man said the word "go." So the three of us just stood there wondering what kind of a race we had gotten ourselves into. I'm pretty sure they reset the clock and a quiet man said "go" to the people in the front (I still couldn't hear it), because everyone finally started running.
It's hard to see, but in this next picture I'm the one on the far left with orange shoulders. I'm picking the old man in the white shirt as my "Runner to Beat." (2) At about 1.5 miles, Benjer and I got passed by a 9-year-old. He made me want to fake a pulled hammy. However, he had to stop to walk at about 4 miles and I blew past him and dominated him for the rest of the race! Booyah!(3) Apparently, during the race, Silas received a free hackysack for agreeing to quit smoking. He thinks it's funny, but I'm going to hold him to it.
(4) I was holding Silas after the race and apparently he had been waving, unbeknownst to me, to a 6-foot-tall bee. I turned around and it was coming straight for us! I couldn't let it smell my fear, but Silas was more cool and composed. As the Old Country Buffet Bee (the O.C. Bee) was asking Silas for a high-five, Silas calmly and politely signed "please" and told the bee, "Bye-Bye." The bee gave us some type of coupon and left. Silas saves the day.
Here are the results:
http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?pubID=3&rsID=49949
Paul:
Time- 49:56 (8:03 per mile)
Place- 129 of 346
My goal was under 50 minutes!
(Look at the guy in the short shorts envying my great finish!)Benjer:
Time- 51:17
Place- 144 of 346
Conrad:
Time- 1:00:21
Place- 258 of 346
Benjer and Conrad were really impressive! It was a great first step on our journey to the Denver Marathon, October 2008.
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