Today was the Stowe, VT 8 miler. It was a fun day. Jen, Goupil, and I arrived at around 7:45 and grabbed our race numbers. It was nice to warm-up with the CMS boys and compare our sweet mustaches that most of us grew. I would put my mustache in the top 3 for CMS, it is unfair though since I have a goatee all the time, most of the guys were starting from scratch. Dave Dunham probably had the most manly stache, looking like a guy in a biker gang. The rest of the crew looked like skinny cops, adult movie stars, or 15 year old boys with peach fuzz.
At race time we lined up in box #4, xc style. I noticed all the other teams looked completely intimidated by the shirtless CMS team with our hairy upper lips. We looked tough!! As the gun went off, I settled right next to Double J, behind Andy. I hit the mile in 5:16 and was feeling fine. I figured that might have been a little too fast, but I felt o.k. I don't have all my splits (because I cleared my watch) but I know I hit 4 miles in 21:20. My 4th, downhill mile was 5:05. After that, the course got a lot tougher. I tried to work hard to catch Andy the whole 2nd half of the race. At about 6miles, Mike Q. went flying by me. I went with him and we caught Andy at 7 miles. I was hurting badly now and had a pretty miserable last mile. I ran mile 8 in 5:45, which was my slowest of the day. I crossed the line in 43:39 for 22nd place. I really thought going into the race that I would run around 42:30. Oh well. I can't be upset it was a good race. CMS wound up 2nd overall. After the race, I found Glenn and Gina, who were there watching. We cheered for Jen as she finished. The best part of the day was the cool down swim and blueberries courtesy TiVO. I had some good icecream post race and I completed the trifecta eating all 3 flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and black raspberry. It was a long ride home, broken up with a Big Mac, large fries, and a Coke at Mickey D's... delicious: the food of champions. I'm looking forward to heading down to Rhode Island next week and running the Blessing of the Fleet. Below is a picture of Jen and me with my mustache.
Nice Stache!
ReplyDeleteAmazing mustache. I love it! Nice race! See you on Friday
ReplyDeleteGood work on the stache and the race. Someone asked me if CMS was attending an 80's porn reunion after the race. Sorry I missed you guys for the cool down, I was hoping to find a spot to swim. I ended up in the hotel pool for a little while. Sad to report that my stache is already gone. My wife handed me a razor about two minutes after we got home.
ReplyDeleteBentley- see you Friday. Can't wait!!
ReplyDeleteBob-Great race, man! Thanks for the idea of staches for Stowe. CMS is a real team and the best team in New England. Thanks for inspiring me with your running. You've worked hard and are racing very well. Your training gives me motivation to train harder. Keep gettin' after it. p.s. My stache is gone too. I look weird without any facial hair!!
Nice race man, and good luck in Rhody.
ReplyDeleteGood race and write up! See you in a couple days....
ReplyDeleteYou ran a great race. Much better than your last two GPS events. That's more like it! The cookout and swimming was a great time. I agree with you the best part of the event was the cooldown...I think I'm the only guy on the team who still has his 'stache (not that anyone can see it).
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