Saturday, February 5, 2011

Old February course records

I have two course records set in February that have survived the test of time.   My record for the Fudgesicle series 5k will reach 20 years this weekend.  On 02-09-91 I set the CR of 14:57.  That year I attempted to win a series race in the 14’s, 15’s 16’s, and 17’s.  All Fudgesicle results for me below:
Date
Time
Place
01/05/91
16:23
1
01/19/91
15:59
1
01/26/91
16:17
1
02/09/91
14:57
1
02/16/91
17:10
1
01/02/99
16:45
2
01/14/06
17:49
3
01/21/06
17:30
3
02/18/06
17:52
2
02/25/06
17:49
2
02/04/07
19:28
1
02/17/07
18:23
3
01/03/09
18:00
2

My other existing course record is a bit weaker, but will also hit a milestone this year.  My 24:31 at the 1996 Bradford Valentines race will reach 15 years next week.  I think if Nate Jenkins shows up he could easily break it, of course with the 7 feet of snow we’ve had this winter most of the course will be snow covered.

I’ve only run Bradford 3 times.  The 1997 race was a tie with Craig Fram.  Our plan was to run the loop twice as a hard workout.  The goal being 26:00 at 5 and 52:00 at 10.  We passed the first loop (the race) in 25:54 and slowed a bit in the second loop running it (not counting the time from the finish to the start) in another 26:31 for a total of 52:25.  That has got to be a course record for the “Bradford Valentines 10 mile”.

Date
Time
Place
02/10/96
24:31
1
02/08/97
25:54
1tie
02/14/09
28:49
9


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