As per tradition (does one time before count as tradition?), Adrienne and I ran the Ashenfelter 8K Classic Thanksgiving Day morning in Glen Ridge, the next town over. With more than 2000 runners, there was a good amount of Thanksgiving cheer! I don’t think either of us were quite as prepared (training-wise) as last year. But we ended up just a bit more than a minute slower. And I really think we could have done a good bit better, had Adrienne let me push her more (yes, we mostly ran together or at least within sight as I kind of paced Adrienne).
Another cool note: to register you just send in your check and form and the night before you pick up your packet with your number, etc. Adrienne ended up with badge number 1747 and I got 1748. After the race we checked the race results and what place did I finish? 1748! Adrienne actually crossed the finish line before me, but the time (and thus place) are (correctly) calculated from the time you cross the starting line, so I ended up being a couple seconds faster. Adrienne placed 1749.
Not a bad way to start off Turkey Day, even if it’s not quite a Turkey Trot.
And yeah, we’re too cheap to actually purchase the photos, so you get the screengrab with the watermark.
Responses to “4.97 miles later”
November 27th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Supposedly the same equipment as use
d for the NYC marathon. RFID tags on shoes and sensors at start and finish lines.
November 27th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Must have some pretty cool timing equip to accurately time 2,000 runners at the start and the finish. I’m impressed. Pretty cool being 1748 — twice!