Carrabba’s Summer Beach Run – Jacksonville FL – 08.26.2006

*** My first race ever! I’ve never been a runner although I’ve always been an athlete. I started running this May after my second child was a few months old and have become addicted!

Running Bib Info:
Carrabba’s Summer Beach Run
5 Miles (up and back on the beach)
Jacksonville, FL
August 26, 2006

Official Time: 50:31
Personal Record (PR)? Yes
Did you win an award? Not other than self satisfaction and a feeling of accomplishment.

Details on my blog at: http://www.simonssez.com/musings/?p=136

Submitted by Samantha Simons, St Mary’s GA

Back Cove Weekly 5k Race Series – Portland ME – 2006

It is a 19 week series that ran from May through September on the Back Cove path (a mostly gravel/crushed stone path) in Portland, Maine.

Overall results are included in the picture for the last event. My times varied from low 17s to mid 22s depending upon the workout I was doing – I didn’t actually race every time. I usually did quarter or half mile repeats over the race course so that I would have people to chase.

I won the race a few times and was usually in the top 5. The race number in the picture was used for 16 of the 19 races. I did not race once (it was the day I got back from my honeymoon and I felt lazy) and I forgot my race bib in my truck or locker at the gym on two different occasions. Otherwise, I used the same race bib every week.

I had originally written emergency contact info on it the first week, but that rubbed off during the race and I never bothered putting it back on.

Running Bib Info:
Back Cove Weekly 5k race series
May through September 2006
Portland , Maine, USA
Official Finishing Time: 17:25 (for one of the races)

for more details on the race series click the links below:

http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/10/back-cove-5k-race-series.html
http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/31/back-cove-5k-race-series-or-how-to-run-a-5k-3-days-after-your-marathon.html
http://news.runtowin.com/2006/06/14/back-cove-5k-race-series-week-6.html
http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/13/2006-back-cove-5k-race-series-final-results.html

Submitted by Blaine Moore at Run to Win (news.RunToWin.com)