The race is held every year in conjunction with the annual NJEA Teachers Association Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I always have a great time and see fellow teachers in all disciplines. On the Friday of the convention there is always a 5k race to have fellow teachers and friends do something physically active. It's a shame that teachers, don't take part in the morning event.
Race day was 11/11/11 and it was truly a windy day. The wind gust must have been 20-30 mph. with sand blown across the Atlantic City Board Walk.
There was one young kid who showed up and took off from the beginning. Another guy and myself had a hard time even keeping up with him so we let him take off. And about half mile into the race I left the other guy and ran on my own. That was a great decision to make because the other guy wasn't running the 6 minute pace I wanted to keep.
I felt great running in my Brooks Green Silence, which felt great on the Atlantic City Board walk.
The race went very well when I approached the 1/2 way point turn around. I found out that I had a nice lead on the other runners. I continued to keep my pace and fight through the wind.
When I saw the finish line approaching, at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, I tried to use whatever I had left.
I was so happy with the result of finishing 1st NJEA member, and 2nd overall.
With a finishing time of 18:42.
About 2 hours later I went to the awards ceremony and thought I was just going to receive the regular silver mug, I found out that 1st NJEA member wins a beautiful glass trophy.
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| 1st Place Male & Female Members |
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| 1st Place NJEA Member |
Great race this year and I hope to run it again next year!
Congrats, Bennett, you're still speedy!!! I love that you have a blog - I started one in Sept! Looking forward to reading more :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking out my page, I'm still learning how to do this stuff. good luck on your next race too. I have a couple weeks before mine.
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