Vancouver Lake Half Marathon 2009

Great race this year. We got some good press too!
check out our local paper, the Columbian, here
And the top Master (Joe Dudman) runner in the Portland Metro area decided to sit this one out and cheer us on. His take on the day and great blog can be found here
Results are HERE

My day went about as good as it could with the conditions. I hung strong in 2nd place up until mile 6 where I got passed by some respectable runners. I stayed in fifth place the rest of the day and finished in 1:15:11 (was 1:16:22 last year). It was tough running in the slush but we all had to do it and it was good experience.
Big congrats to Jesse for having a big day (1:13:21), coming in 2nd overall and edging out the 1st and 2nd place guys from last year.

Thanks to the Columbian for the race recognition and article on the front page (and putting my picture on p. 3!)!
Gotta say many thanks to Russ Zornick & Clark County Running Club for giving me a course to PR on every year
All the volunteers (especially Karon & Bob) thank you!
Coach fo sho! Couldn't do it without him!
And of coure much appreciation to GU Energy for their constant support and keeping me fueled in every race.

Now I'm ready to recover and start the big build up to Wildflower in May. Will be focusing heavily on the bike and swim. But I will throw in some running races in the next couple of months to stay sharp on my feet.

Later!