Jul 21
I Ran the 2008 Rockville Twilighter on Saturday!
Some of you may know, (and most of you probably do not), that ON OCCASION I’ll get out there and run races.
I’d honestly like to do more on the running front but constant problems with injuries usually force me to choose a few “special” races that I’ll do every year.
2008 was particularly bad year for me, with my ridiculously flat feet giving me all kinds of problems – Most notably lots of pain in my toes, instep and knees.
Despite this, I still wanted to get out and try and do my favourite race of all time, the Rockville Twilighter 8K! What makes this race so cool is that…
- There are about 2000 runners who do the race
- It’s a night race
- There are a ton of Rockville regular neighborhood folk coming out to support you
Training
About 4 weeks ago I had run a 40 minute run and after that decided not to run anymore because of the upcoming race. Confused? Well after each run, my feet would be killing me for a long time afterwards (like days), so I figured it would probably be a “smarter” thing to not run anymore before the race, try and keep the endurance up by biking, and just do what I could when race day came.
Group shot before the race.
How’d I Do?
Well, for really not running at all this year and nothing in the last 4 weeks, I was happy I came in at 51:38. Ideally I would’ve liked to have come in under 50, but beggers can’t be choosers and I was really just happy I finished. This year, the race was certainly not easy. (#):)
I’m the one on the right. (#);)
And Even Better…
I managed to get some of my more braver friends to do the race! A couple first timers, a couple non runners, but all warriors. Ha ha. And all of them posted better times than I did so was I really happy for’em too! I had hoped to get some better pictures of us all, but I kinda forgot about that whole thing when I crossed the finish line, doubled over and thought I was going to “lose it” all over the streets. Thankfully though I didn’t – I recovered and managed to get some cadids from a few of them.
While Siona looks like a Warrior ready to go again, Jess looks like she’s ready to just die ha ha.
And if any of you want to see all the results, here are the men’s and women’s.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Congratulations on finishing the race! I know I’d get sick from a long distance run. I prefer wind sprints on the beach (at night of course…it’s too hot right now). I used to do distance running when I was younger, but haven’t in several tears.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 am
@Bobby – Yeah, even though 8K isn’t that long, I sure felt like a distance runner that night ’cause I was so out of shape. But thanks man, I’m happy I got it done!
July 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
ha ha Bush that last pic is hilarious.
I love running too, don’t talk about it too much though. I’m a little heavy but run regular. Did 4 miles in 28 mins today and went out for an untimed 7 miler (lost of hills) last weeks so am doing ok.
I am hoping to do a few 10k’s in the fall. I love the feeling of a race.
I ran the London Marathon a few years back and I too get feet problems. My feet blistered and bled at the 14mile point and instead of stopping completely the crowd kept me going and I managed to finish, albeit in a lot of pain.
It takes me forever to get the right running shoes but you really can’t underestimate the importance of it.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Good job, Bush! I’ll most likely be running this race next year. Will you be running the Rockville 5K/10K? If so, I’ll see you there!
September 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hello again Bush,
Are you on Twitter? If so, what’s your TwitterID; mine’s cyberpenguin.
If not, you’d probably really like to participate because there’s a whole running community there now, thanks to the efforts of a few of us runners who’ve broadcast the idea across the net.
In fact, you might even know some of the runners! (My pal, Steve Speirs, a.k.a., britishbulldog on Twitter, is the originator of the Hundred Pushups website that got so much buzz on Lifehacker/AppScout/Digg, etc.)
Also, on this note, you’ll probably want to check out John Frenette’s GoRun link/article & Tim Wilson’s article about runners to follow on Twitter.
Twitter’s become a lot more interesting & dynamic of a place to be thanks to the arrival of all the runners.
Anyhow, hope to hear from you soon, either via Twitter or an email! Nice to find another DC area runner!
-C
April 27th, 2009 at 8:34 am
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