vernal ras

Apparently, I haven't yet done up a table for my St. Patrick's Day runs. These are usually my first outdoor runs of the year.

year	pace	total	race
2005	11:00	34:08	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 5K
2004	12:34	42:41	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 3.4 miles
2003	12:18	41:46	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 3.4 miles
2002	12:08	48:30	An Ras Mor 4 Miler
2001	12:34	50:13	An Ras Mor 4 Miler

Weight-loss certainly helped, but give more credit to sirhc_warrior for motivating me to keep up. pheromone and [Hathor] came by to cheer, but were too late because I finished earlier than expected.

A great first race for Sirhc. They gave out medallions on ribbons as the finisher pins. Kinda suckful for volunteers, pheromone could only get into venues with us bib-enabled. No mile splits. Although, had I known I was going so fast, I might've slowed, so perhaps that was lucky.

As it turned out, had I been running closer to my old pace, I might've seen an old family friend (who is possibly the nicest person I know). We bumped into her after the ras, during an unsuccessful misson to find free scones.

I did manage to find scones at a private tea party later, along with a footrub. Thanks to trg and hotpoint!

vernal ras

Apparently, I haven't yet done up a table for my St. Patrick's Day runs. These are usually my first outdoor runs of the year.

year	pace	total	race
2005	11:00	34:08	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 5K
2004	12:34	42:41	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 3.4 miles
2003	12:18	41:46	Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 3.4 miles
2002	12:08	48:30	An Ras Mor 4 Miler
2001	12:34	50:13	An Ras Mor 4 Miler

Weight-loss certainly helped, but give more credit to sirhc_warrior for motivating me to keep up. pheromone and [Hathor] came by to cheer, but were too late because I finished earlier than expected.

A great first race for Sirhc. They gave out medallions on ribbons as the finisher pins. Kinda suckful for volunteers, pheromone could only get into venues with us bib-enabled. No mile splits. Although, had I known I was going so fast, I might've slowed, so perhaps that was lucky.

As it turned out, had I been running closer to my old pace, I might've seen an old family friend (who is possibly the nicest person I know). We bumped into her after the ras, during an unsuccessful misson to find free scones.

I did manage to find scones at a private tea party later, along with a footrub. Thanks to trg and hotpoint!