I Smoked Em, Admits jeff noel

The 70-year old jeff noel beat looked like this guy, Guideo Muller. Guido holds the 70-74 400m World Record.

So I show up. Not knowing what to do or how to do it. Was wearing New Balance 473’s – more like trail running shoe than track spikes. Clod-hoppers is what they call them where I grew up.

An 11-year old on the inside lane, then me, and a 70-year old on the outside lane. The starter raises his pistol – runners to your mark (pause), set (pause 1-2 seconds), BANG!

One minute, two and a half seconds later, I smoked them both.

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Unbelievable!

It was April, warm, humid, and exciting. There must have been 1,000 runners from all walks of life. A live band. Chick-fil-A was giving away breakfast. Unbelievable.

The coolest part? Never knew 5k race results were awarded in age-groups. Who knew? It was so cool to not be last in my age group.

This made me want to try again next month.

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The First 5k

It was 2002 (+-) and as usual, I picked up our son (2) from Marianna’s home, where she ran a day care for about 10 children. Her home was across from the Windermere, Florida library. It was there I first spotted the big banner…

The Windermere Run Among The Lakes 5k.

Had never run a 5k. But my motivation desperately needed resuscitation. Taking a big chance, I registered.

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