Been busy as can be with the Freedom Run Half Marathon course. If you’re interested we are having a preview run this Sunday morning. We’ll meet at 7:30 at the Bar None (Everyone Welcome) and head over to the Valley YMCA. Less than 5 minutes from the homestead, right in my back yard. If you prefer to meet there, we’ll see you then.
I want to provide the opportunity for everyone that laces & races on Sunday, September 7th, to run their best. No matter where in the pack, no matter the talent or speed, no matter the individual goals.
I think I can guarantee almost everyone that they will run their 20K personal best. And perhaps their 15K too. How so? Because I included the 5K, 10K, 15K, and 20K splits as measured and described points within the half marathon. A real pain in the patootie but will result in nothing less than a boatload of age group and single age state records. One of my favorite race distances for example, 20K, is a distance I’ve never seen contested in Nebraska, but is quite popular elsewhere. With the venerable Governor’s Cup the only competitive 15K on the annual calendar, look for those marks to be eclipsed too. And of course the Half Marathon, with its zero elevation profile (truth in advertising: the elevation at the start and finish is 1137′. The highest point of the course is 1138′.) should make everyone happy.
Regardless of ability.
I’m quietly (ha!) putting together a field that will show just how fast this course can be. Some of the best athletes from Nebraska. And at least a couple of old friends that live and train in Boulder. And I’m just getting started. Using the course records at the Lincoln Half as benchmarks:
Male 1:04:34
Female 1:15:10
Masters Men 1:10:16
Masters Women 1:21:05
With thanks to Emerson. Lake, and Palmer, Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 2
“Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside
There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass
Be careful as you pass, move along, move along
Come inside, the show’s about to start
Guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you’ll get your money’s worth
Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth
You’ve got to see the show, it’s a dynamo
You’ve got to see the show, it’s rock and roll, oh
Right before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies
And he laughs until he cries, then he dies, then he dies
Come inside, the show’s about to start
Guaranteed to blow your head apart
You’ve got to see the show, it’s a dynamo
You’ve got to see the show, it’s rock and roll, oh
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaseline
Will perform on guillotine, what a scene, what a scene
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
To Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Dixieland, Dixieland
Roll up, roll up, roll up
See the show
Performing on a stool we’ve a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own, all our own, all our own
Come and see the show, come and see the show
Come and see the show
See the show”
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