DIITB 5K......survived!

[Jon Adams]

.....DANG, I was hoping for some rain like we had last year, but it was not to be.
Normally I would not have actually run this race, but decided to go ahead and enter to provide some "Old Fart points" for the Bay Area runners corp. cup team. The first 2 miles went just fine as I kept the effort below the "red line.....but as I picked it up in that 3rd mile the heat/humidity took it's usual toll and by the time I crossed the finish line I felt as if I had run a long hard race.
Team Spiridon was well represented in the overall results by our "faster" runners.....John Brigham, Derrick Rodgers & Kenric Andrews took the first 3 spots respectively......with Kenny & Brad RIGHT behind them!! Samantha Yeager was 3rd female overall....woohooo!!!
....AND Damien Lee, Chris Lawson & Daniel Gardner were RIGHT behind THEM! Soooooo we had a GREAT showing in the top 12 overall runners. ;D
Marty DeMouy also had a fine run, giving me encouragement along the way......as well as FINE performances by team members/workout partners Maureen VanDevander, Joy Brewer & Elise Partridge.......all either placing or winning their divisions!!

Now what I'm curious about is this person who took the wrong turn??!!!
Please explain?

[Kenny Pfeiffer]

I'd rather not talk about my wrong turn. I know the course too well to make a mistake like that. I think I probably lost around 30 seconds and I cannot say for sure that I would have or would not have been able to catch Kenric. I don't know how he was feeling, but I felt strong and was ready to let it rip over the last 3/4 mile. I was so pissed off when I realized what I had done that I almost took a DNF. The only thing that kept me going was trying to score in Corporate Cup for the BARs.

Oh well, on to the next race. I am still planning on running a half marathon in 3 weeks although after Saturday I am dreading it more than ever. After that I will probably run the Firecracker 5k in P'cola if anyone is interested. On a sidenote, I hear the Brit has been doing some closet training and has gotten himself back into pretty good shape. I know he's going to England for a month, so if he keeps his training up over there we might have to worry about him whipping our butts when he gets back.

[Ali Stevens]

I thought you all did a great job especially when you consider the tough course and the heat. I enjoyed watching the race and hope to be back out there real soon. Kenny, I still can't believe you got lost on a course that Spiridon trained on over and over last year. Must be old age!