YardCrap Foot Racing

Run With the Rams

5th Annual Run With the Rams

This was at a school in Mt Airy, Ga about 30 miles from my porch.  I liked that I got to sleep until 6am.
There were big hills, but otherwise the race was quite good. It is what I now expect when AAA Race Services is on the scene.  I hope to return next year.
I ran 24:14 which is slower than I expected to be this year, but my effort was improved from my last race.
My average heart rate was 157 and max was 175.  My weight was 186.  My watch says elevation gain was 130, but I would question that, seemed to be more like 1130.

I am optimistic.  
I walked one time on a hill, but did not loose a position in the race.
My left ham is now killing me, but that is normal.
I dug out my old racing flats from about 20 years back.  I ran the 100th Boston Marathon in those.  The sole on one shoe started flapping about half way through, and later both soles came off.  My RoadKill friend Janice posted on RK yesterday that HOKA is the way to go, so will try those next and hope they are in a race with me 20 years from now.

It was a fun, friendly group of foot racers.  Maybe it is the beer hitting me as I sit on my porch now, but I feel blessed and happy to have experienced this today.
Us Foot Racers are a varied lot:

We show up and bring our "A"  game. 

Here I am with my friend Donnie Chapin who normally wins races but was 3rd today.   He is a strong runner to be over 50.  He starts slow like my old friend Harry Ash used to, then goes to work.

Here I am in a 'RoadKill' shirt.  'RoadKill' is my old running group from decades back.  We have cranked RK back up --> go to RoadKill.run and join.  All are welcome.  It is free, and a good place to talk about running and other things with me and some other geezers.  Talking is a lot easier than racing or training.

Many more photos at http://s1227.photobucket.com/user/yardcrap/library/Run%20with%20the%20Rams

I did get 5th place overall and got a medal even though age groups stopped at 60.  That was funny as 70, 71, and 69 won the awards.  I was not the oldest but will hit 71 next month.  Us geezers are not holding up the parade. 

E G O

When I was 45 and did not get under 17 in a 5K friends asked why?
Now I am 10 minutes slower and people pat me on the back and are amazed at my old fat ass.
I know the truth as do geezers reading here like Marty and Ralph. I am lazy and not motivated to train. I have the physical and mental ability to run 21. Not many my age do. I know what 21 requires, and I am not yet willing.
I have my yard, my birds, my critters my fishing, my TV. I'm not just too fat, I am too happy.

I don't see peers every day (or any day) to push me like before I moved back in the woods to paradise.
I like what Jessie wrote over on RoadKill.run as to "fear of loosing". 25 years back I ran not so much to win, but not to loose. Like RobertM posted, I thought about racing all day, everyday.

If word arrived my Bride had been kidnapped or Martians had landed downtown, the first thoughts to my brain would be as to how it would effect my training. I just don't have that motivation now.

I still expect to win more than I loose this year. In 2016 I raced 10 times and won 7. One time my hamstring tore the first 100 yards, and the other two a guy 75 beat me by a lot! I am not going to beat that guy this year, but I do still hold win totals from history over him. If I can close the gap on him by a minute, I am calling it a win. I don't deserve to race like that guy as he is doing the work in training.

Here I am at 55 for a race where all the police rookies were required to run.  The Cop Department had told me I was too old to be a cop any more.  Of course I won the race -- just to prove them wrong!

I aint done even now - hope you are not.
Racing is a lot of fun if your ego don't keep you home.

RUN YOUR ICE OFF !!

JEEP was on the move today -->



Due to Global warming, it was 23degrees this morning when I got up at 4:30 to drive to Greenwood for this race.
Normally I sleep until my cat makes me rise.  Since I weight a couple hundred pounds now, should have stayed in bed.  I cut my Urquell consumption back to a few gallons this week, so I was not going to let that sacrafice go in vain.

Race start was a balmy 32degrees, and that was good because it it had warmed to 35, I would have over heated and dropped out.  I wanted to stop, but I hung in there even though it was not apparent to spectators that my pace constituted running.

The race was well put on, but my watch marked the course as long  by a minute.  I'll  go back next year.  Their time or mine showed an embarrasing result for me, but I am getting used to that as it is easier than training.
I was 20/217, so as long as I am not holding up the parade, no one complains.

Here is my new "CREW".  This was a  happy bunch.  The ladies still love me!


Back in the day I would ride my Harley to the race, collect my trophy and ride home.


That ain't mine, but I own  Harley "Night Train".  Heck, that jacket I have on is over 40 years old.  The owner took this photo.

I met some folks:



Here is Mother and Daughter (Debbie Wylie and Holly Brown) and me:

I think they only gave 1st place in age groups, but that is fair.

Back in the day when I was a real racer, they gave out real trophys like these, so this is kinda "retro".  My Bride and I won hundreds of tiny golden people. It is nice to see a race going the extra mile for those who showed up and worked thier ICE OFF.

More photos at:
http://s1227.photobucket.com/user/yardcrap/library/Greenwood%202017?sort=3&page=1

Posting race photos is a new endeavor here .  I'll do better next time.Who knows, someone might be inclinded to join us as a member at http://RoadKill.run, or at least be happy I posted them.  I'll do better next time.

Running might not be your game, but if interested in health or fun, check us out.

Race Results:

https://runsignup.com/race/results/?raceId=27833#resultSetId-55231

I really need to either give this up or train a little.