The Half

Was a tremendous success! Thanks to all of the volunteers, sponsors, and runners! Elyse worked her fanny off for a really long time, and put on a great race! Apologies to the people whose plans were kinked by the weather on Saturday, but it was a good call to postpone the race due to the tornado watch in the area. Running in the rain = okay, running in lightning= unokay.

As I type this, the volunteers are probably still pulling up the mile markers and folding away the food and water tables, so clearly I don’t have the results yet. If the race crew is on top of things as well as they were in organizing the race, I am sure that I will have them very soon and will post them pronto. I was standing at the finish line as Victoria Jones and the male winners smoked the half, so I look forward to seeing their times. I know one of the male overall winners was Bev Smith’s son… not sure who the other guy was… clearly a ringer.

*** Update: Thanks to the marvel of modern technology, the results can be found here:

http://www.lightningsportsracing.com/results.aspx

 I was wondering how Adam Pugh would do in the 10K, but apparently when he heard that I was running it, it freaked him out and he decided not to run. Or maybe he skipped it because he was working the tent, I’m not sure.

Kent Smith was there shooting photos with his crew and should have pictures online in about 2 – 3 days. Go to www.auburnsportsshots.com to see your photo. If you want to know what I look like, I am the tall, fit, beautiful blonde that’s ahead of all of the other runners.

Karen (no last name needed) snuck off last weekend and trucked out a Rock N Roll Marathon in Phoenix with a time of 4:30. I think that makes marathon # 180 for her. Way to go, Karen! I know you thought that this would fly under the radar, but my spies are everywhere. Mostly on Facebook and at Auburn Electric.

Here is the link for the 2012 1200 Mile club. Click it if you want to join. You MUST be a paid member of AORTA by Feb. 10th.