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Monday, November 9, 2015

Weekend Racing

A Perfect Storm?

The headline read "Inclement weather delays Disney's Wine Dine Half Marathon", which only told part of the story. The race, set to begin at 10pm so finishers and family could enjoy Epcot Center until 4am, was in danger of not happening. 
  
Cloud to ground lightning strikes moved into the Orlando area a couple of hours before the race. With the start time changed from 10:00 to 10:45 the course was shortened to officially 6.72 miles. More than 13,000 starters and several corrals had some people running closer to 7.1 miles, that's how long the lineup was to get to the start line! 
Andrea's friend James, attempting to complete his first half-marathon, officially ran the 6.72 miles in 1:21:08, finishing in the top 50% in his age group.  

East Avenue Grocery Run 5k

Almost 1,000 people took off on the streets of downtown Rochester through the beautiful neighborhoods of East Avenue and University Avenue areas. It was a perfect morning for racing, with temperatures in the upper 40's. Eileen finished in 25:14 and second place in her age group. Jan ran a 26:58 and fourth in her age group. Eileen is now in 3rd or 4th place in RROY and Jan 2nd or 3rd place (officially updated results haven't been posted yet). 

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