Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Getting the itch

The weather's getting nicer, and even though I no longer live in Sacramento, I'm getting the itch to race the Great Race again.

I'm thinking of perhaps next year. There are a few hurdles I need to leap before I even seriously consider the Great Race. Currently, I'm thinking of running and racing a 5 miler in September here in Boston.

Looking back over my Eppies Ironman history:

1999: 23rd place 2:05:00
2001: 8th place 2:03:28
2002: 2nd place 1:51:15 (I dropped 12 minutes! No EPO was used)
2005: 1st place 1:52:37
2006: 3rd place 1:52:59

These results were all in the Ironman under 40 category and each year I was beat by three or more over 40 yr old Ironmen. This is the asterisk on my results.