May 14, 2010, almost 2 months since my last post.

Since my last post I have run a few races, ok maybe more than a few and I will regret not telling myself about each of them here but here are the races.
March 20 we did our annual Super Saturday in Strongsville with Marsha and I winning both 1 mile and 5k awards. I actually came in third overall in the 1 mile and Dan Daubner won our age group coming in 5th I believe.
One week later I ran the Fools 50k with Frank and Dan, 15 mile 1st loop mostly dry with the 2nd 15 mostly rain and the muddiest run I have ever done finishing in 5:44 as I recall. April brought my 2 HALF MARATHONS that I was to run around 20 seconds faster than my bq pace per Connie's instruction's. Chuck and I ran the Spring Classic together and I ended up with a 1:33:20 which was a new pr by 7 seconds then the following weekend I ran the Union Hospital half marathon for the 3rd time in 1:34:03 without my gps placing 2nd or 3rd in my age group. 3 days later we all ran the FREE Victims Right s 5k in the square. I ran most of this race with Connie and Frank placing 4th overall just behind Bob P. Now May has arrived and we are in Illinois to run the Illinois marathon where I was to pace Janet but things were not perfect. It was hot and humid and Janet cut off at the half so from mile 11 to 19 I ran hard to catch Marsha, from there we ran together until about mile 24.5 where I took off in hopes of breaking 4 hours which I just barely made it in 3:59:40. Janet, Phil, Charles, Marsha and I had a really nice get a way in Illinois. May 1 was Illinois now 6 days later we are running Medinas RUN 4 FUN 5k which is in our Subway series. I ran a 20:12 on a hot muggy evening and was the 1st subway male finisher which got me 315 max. points. All of this leads me into what I hope will be my best marathon to date and hopefully a bq to go with it this Sunday May 16, 2010.