Celtic Soltice Race Report

Hi all. Finished my third 5 mile event on Saturday. It was a total blast and my first experience with the chip timing. Now I see what all the fuss is about. I improved my time from my first 5 miler by about a minute finishing with a chip time of 42:55. The gear from the race was a really nice running jacket with a logo embroidered on the back. I didn't have any four year olds passing me this time. I had a friend running with me who started to tighten up in the middle of the race and blessed me to go on without him. I did and finished about four minutes ahead of him.  You can check out a nice race report with some pics (none of me, sorry; unless you can spot me in the opening crowd shot) here: http://www.runwashington.com/news/dec07celticsolsticerpt.htm l Next up is the resolution run on New Year's Day. It's a 5K. I'm hoping I can get that done in around/under 25 minutes. Something to work on in the next couple of weeks anyway.

Nice job, Dan.  Boy you are getting fast!  I'll be doing a 5k on Dec 30th, and then a 10-miler (Icicle Run) on Jan 13th.   These races get addicting after awhile.  The chips are kind of fun because you get to see when you actually cross the starting line. Keep it up! Rob

Dan, It looks to me like you have a sub 25 in the bag.  Here is my advice.  Go out a little harder than you think you should and just hold on.  I think you've got it in you.  By the time 16 minutes is up, you only have a mile to go.  Who can't run one hard mile?