This is a post-race photo of me holding the prize for winners in each age-bracket. Yes, that’s a commemorative “Gettin’ the Lead Out” Historic Run coffee mug!
My wife (Cindy) and sister (Erika) wanted to run this race on July 4th and asked me if I was interested. Maybe, I thought. And then I saw on the registration form what the winner got – I figured it was destiny for me to run this race on Sunday, win it, then post a Mugshot Monday with my new coffee mug!
I did not win. Someone named “Ben” won it. In fact, “Ben” has the Mineral Point Gettin’ the Lead Out “Best Time Ever” in the 2 mile race for the 30-39 year old group. He ran it in 10 minutes and some change. My new nemesis – I want that coffee mug. (Hey, I’m joking, yo.)
Anyway, I was really happy with my time – it was an unofficial 16 minutes 18 seconds. We had heard the 2 mile run was “hilly”, and we decided it was actually slightly less than “mountainous”. OMG. The first mile was all uphill. And it was HOT! Still, we all did really good and were happy with our efforts! It was really fun to do this with Cindy and Erika. I may try running more races.
Here’s a post-race group photo I took of me, Cindy, and Erika in front of a sweet tank that sits in Soldiers Memorial Park in Mineral Point, WI where the finish line was.
UPDATE: Times are posted on mineralpoint.com’s website: Gettin’ the Lead Out Run 2010 Results (PDF)
See also Trucks I Saw on the trip to Wisconsin and the Mugshot Monday I shot INSTEAD of the July 4th mug.