Area race results....(w/pics)

[Jon Adams]

Boy! What a GORGEOUS Day! We had team members running in 3 different events today.....I will do my best to give a capsule report, but encourage those who ran to add their .02 worth.
Starting off with the Spring Fever Chase 10K in Fairhope this morning..
Jon Bowie was scheduled to do a tempo workout today and decided it might be fun to run the SFC as his workout. Even using it as a tempo run, he managed to win going away....about 2 minutes ahead of the field crossing the finish line first in a time of 34:20....not bad for a "workout". ;D
Brad Davis also ran this race, finishing in 4th place overall (1st Place Masters) in a time of 37:20!
Larry Wayne was not too far behind with a time of 40:10.
Kit Hunter was the overall Female winner in a time of 40:20.
Kelly Kemmerlin was the Female Masters winner in a time of 44:?? (and she was running this for "fun")
Katie Hopper was close behind Kelly......but I failed to get her time. ....sorry Katie.
I thought everyone ran a great time on a very challenging course.

Over in Mississippi, Ali went over to run Leonard's race and came away with 2nd place overall in a stellar time of 17:20! Nice going Ali!

.....and then there's our own Legend.....Justin Parker. ;D
He traveled back to his Alma Mater for an alumni track meet....AND to have his jersey RETIRED.
Justin came away with a 2nd overall finish.....I believe he lost out to Mercer's current #1 runner who set a 20-second PR in the process. Justin ran a VERY strong time of 16:15!!

Great job by everyone in all of the races today....next on tap is ATR!

Jon Bowie in "cruise" mode at the finish.



Brad Davis finishing strong!


Larry Wayne crossing the finish line in Style!


Kit Hunter....First Female!


Queue the Star Spangled Banner for Brad on the top of the podium!


....and once again for Kelly!!!

[Justin Parker]

Overall, I was pleased with my race. My goal was to hold 77-78 a lap (5:10 pace) which would've given me just under 16:10. I figured surely someone would go out in sub 5 pace and kept trying to convince myself to ignore them. You can imagine my surprise when I hit my first lap dead on and was in first. Mercer's top guy put in quite a surge at the start of the third lap, and I opted to let him go and stick to my plan. He had his biggest lead over me around halfway through, but after that, I could tell he was starting to come back to me. I just knew if I could just hang on, I would eventually catch him, and with about 800 to go, he seemed like he was right in front of me. At that point, he threw in another surge and I simply had nothing left. I didn't fall apart, but there was just no way I could respond.