The yearly Route 66 5K CPA race is this Saturday Sept. 13, 2014. Not to be confused with the other Route 66 race held latter this year. This is a fun, fast pace race around Chapman stadium, starting at 11th street.
Quote from: sauerkraut on September 09, 2014, 03:43:05 PM
The yearly Route 66 5K CPA race is this Saturday Sept. 13, 2014. Not to be confused with the other Route 66 race held latter this year. This is a fun, fast pace race around Chapman stadium, starting at 11th street.
I'll be running it, along with the Aporkalypse 5k that evening. Should be fun :)
Quote from: saintnicster on September 09, 2014, 05:11:38 PM
I'll be running it, along with the Aporkalypse 5k that evening. Should be fun :)
Yep, I'll be there- I'll have on a blue shirt & black shorts. It should be cold standing there in the starting coral waiting for the gun to go off, they are talking of a overnight low temp of 49 degrees, so at race time 8:15am it likely won't be much warmer. I ran that race last year. Same course as last year but the finish line will be inside Chapman Stadium this year. it's a pretty flat course for the most part some slight upgrades on the side streets. Kids under 18 run for free so there will be a lot of kids running the race.
I just finished the Route 66 CPA race, not as many runners were there as in past years it was darn cold. I pulled in 2nd place for my age group and won just what I always needed a coffee mug. They changed the race course from last year. I also won a raffle prize of a seat pillow. None the less it was a fun race.
I managed to shave 2 minutes off my previous PR (35:08 to 32:55), so I'm considering it good :D It's amazing what a 40 degree temperature drop can do to your running speeds. If I read the previous map correctly, it went by TU's Allen Chapman Activities Center (now Student Union). There's a bunch of construction in that area, as they are building a new dorm on the corner of 5th and Florence.
Cold weather hurts me, I do my best running when it's 90 degrees and warmer when my body gets real loose and pours off sweat, when it's cold I can't get loose and my legs feel like boards. Anyhow, It felt like I was signing up for the Polar Bear Plunge when I registered at the desk. My time was not good but better than my last race. It was 27: something. I did pull 2nd place for my age group. My record PR time for a 5K is 25:33 that I set in the Pancake 5K in Columbus, Ohio back in 2008- of course back then I was much younger. My 2nd best time was 26:03 set in the "Run To The Son" race in 2012 or 2011. This race was still a ton of fun, but it got cold standing around waiting for them to hand out the prizes. BTW my raffle prize turned out not to be a seat cushion like I thought but a sports bag. I also got a coffee mug as my prize for 2nd place in my age group. I wish they gave out medals instead of coffee mugs.
For me the running season is drawing to a close I can't perform well in winter running, some runners can run the cold I can't, also when it's cold my lungs don't work well, and running in long pants and a jacket does not work well for me. I run my best in shorts and shirtless and soaked in sweat.
Quote from: sauerkraut on September 15, 2014, 12:41:44 PM
For me the running season is drawing to a close I can't perform well in winter running, some runners can run the cold I can't, also when it's cold my lungs don't work well, and running in long pants and a jacket does not work well for me. I run my best in shorts and shirtless and soaked in sweat.
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Why do accountants need their own race...??
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on September 15, 2014, 05:00:02 PM
Why do accountants need their own race...??
I know, right? Next they will be wanting their own parades and the right to marry.
Quote from: TheArtist on September 16, 2014, 07:16:33 AM
I know, right? Next they will be wanting their own parades and the right to marry.
Bunch of reactionary activists with a sense of entitlement....
And the LAST thing the world needs (even more than lawyers...?? lol, I crack myself up...) is married accountants making hordes of baby accountants!!
^^Good stuff guys.
Not sure why they call it the Route 66 CPA 5K- I ran that race every year since I moved to Tulsa in 2010. It's not to be confused with the bigger Route 66 race run in November, I believe that's a half marathon race. I don't perform well in cold wither races so I don't do them. I'm at my best when it's 80 degrees and warmer when it come to running and racing.
We are so much alike. I like watching TV with the windows open.