I beat my time from last year by over 3 minutes.

I ran a 51:07 this year. Last year was 54:15.

2009 2008
Mile 1: 8:23 8:27
Mile 2: 7:43 8:14
Mile 3: 7:52 8:01
Mile 4: 8:27 8:48
Mile 5: 8:53 9:48
Mile 6: 8:07 8:55
Mile .2: 1:42 2:02

Better pacing this year (finally). I felt like I was running too slowly over
miles 1-3, but my patience paid off and I ran a better Mile 4-6.

I picked up :44 seconds over last year of the first three miles, but I picked up
2:24 over the last 3.2 miles.

This might be my last Peachtree. I am tired of the people who cheat, who jump
in half way through the race or run in the wrong time group. But most of all, I
am tired of dealing with the crazies.

Last year a guy stopped running right in front of me while I was picking it up
over the last .5 miles and I told him he needed to move to the right if he
wanted to stop. He caught up to me and got in my face and said slow people
(meaning me) should move to the right.

This year, in the first .5 mile, a guy kept jostling me. He hit the back of my
arm a few times, but I did not think much of it because that early on it is
really crowded. But then he gave me a full forearm shove that pushed me
sideways. I asked him how many times he was going to hit me and he responded
that he was "following the white line". It took me a few seconds to realize he
was talking about the white line on the road. Apparantly his "strategy" was to
follow the white line on the road and I was in his way. I told him he was
insane, that there were too many people. He just grumbled and said, "yeah, I'm
insane."

He got a little ahead of me and I saw he was wearing a self-aggrandizing shirt
announcing that he was running in his 30th straight Peachtree. (who cares?) I
wanted to ask him in how many of those races he hit people. I thought about
messing with him, but I wanted to run my race.

I am tired of the circus that surrounds the Peachtree. I think I will sit it
out from now on and just run my regular races. My wife said she wanted to run
next year. I am happy to let her run and I can watch her next year.

Rengaw