Hawk Island

Sep 30   fall like day

60 degree, breezy, dark overcast.

 

2 person relay

4 x ¾ mile with ½ mile

 

Comments:

Because almost 100% of MMTC people run the Riverwalk Half-Marathon or 5K on the
previous Sunday, it was discovered that  having a difficult workout scheduled
the following Tuesday did not fit.  Therefore, runners were instructed to use
the intervals at a comfortable recovery speed.

It was hoped when schedule made that we would have a pleasant, picturesque fall
run around the pond.  Instead the skies were ominous and a low purple overcast
to remind us that the summer workout schedules are coming to an end.

Robert Cook partnered with Jason Peabody and Tim Densmore who paced each
other.  Jason was first to get to the finish line, but somehow they didn’t
get the sequence right and no one knows how actually far they went.  You would
think that as the male gender, they would have stopped and asked for directions.

 The first on-the-route finishers were MSU women, Marsha Backstrom and Becca
Rudey in 37:24, pretty decent 6 miles!

At the finish line Tim Held and Jim Hicks forgot the recovery run business and
fought each other to the finish, Held sprinting in a step in front of Hicks.

It was interesting to watch partners pairing up.  The same people who were a
few steps apart when running individual mile intervals were now team partners
instead of “competitors”.

Because of the recovery n
ature of the run, times were not recorded for posterity (except for the first on
route team).  Instead the finish order was enough for the archives.

 

Robert Cook-Tim Densmore and Jason Peabody

Marsha Backstrom-Beca Rudey

Mark Warner-Dillon Mc Cormick

Chris Wolf-Jim Carter

Kari Chandler-Sarah Jorgensen

Glen Morrison-Bill McKay

Mark Middaugh-Mike Nowalk

Ron Allman-John coleman

Steve Miller-Harry Hawkins

Susanne Kleff-Ed Clayton

Kath Westin-Tim Held

Don Owen-Bill Keller and Jim Hicks

 


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