- 2007 University of Pittsburgh Campus Classic 5K
- 2007 Just a Short Run Half Marathon
- 2007 Run With HAART 5K
- 2007 Race for the Cure 5K
- 2007 Us Too Fathers' Day 10K
- 2007 Brentwood Firecracker 5K
- 2007 Run Around the Square 5K
- 2007 Gatorade Steelers 5K
- 2007 IKEA Half Marathon
- 2007 Great Race 10K
- 2007 Pittsylvania XC Challenge
- My First Hash
- 2007 Harry C. Holland Gutbuster 8mi
On March 24, I ran my first race of 2007, the University of Pittsburgh Campus Classic 5K (the proceeds of which will benefit research at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute). My time of 26:10 (8:25 pace) was about as good as I could expect for my first race in four months. I placed 80/185 and 2/8 among 25-29 males.
The race was supposed to take place on the streets of Oakland, but protesters beat us to the permit. Consequently, the race was moved to Schenley Park. I suspect the race organizers were unfamiliar with the course they set up (based on previous races in the park). My suspicions were first raised when I didn't see a marker for mile 1 until I'd been running more than 10 minutes. Afterwards, a friend of mine said that the course felt long to her. These observations were enough to prod me unto plotting the course on Gmaps Pedometer. GP usually underestimates distances because it does not account for changes in altitude, so I was rather surprised to see that my trace of the course was 3.25 miles long (instead of the proper 3.1 miles). If I'm right about the course being long, my actual 5K time would be just under 25 minutes, a personal best. 
Funky Dung
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Nice job! and i'm not going to do anything about it. I dread the day they start making me choose between the race or the i-pod.
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