Recent Results

I missed a couple race results from earlier this winter...Perry Boseman finished 4th in his age group at the N. Myrtle Beach 15k in January and 2nd in his age group at the Cary Long Course Duathlon in Cary two weekends ago, while his son Alex was 3rd overall at the N. Myrtle Beach 15k.  Great racing, Bosemans!

Much farther down south, Kellie ran a fast time at the New Orleans marathon on February 24th.

I witnessed, with my own eyes, Jack D. and John A. running side-by-side in Myrtle Beach at the marathon on February 16th, but alas, they were too fast for my camera.  Great job guys!

Get Your Rear in Gear 5k

On March 2nd, team members Bren, Ronnie, and Pat raced the Get Your Rear in Gear 5k from Fred Fletcher Park in Raleigh.  Pat, Bren, and Ronnie all took first place in their age groups!  Way to represent!

Run for the Roses 5k

A beautiful Sunday afternoon saw over 500 runners at the annual Run for the Roses 5k in downtown Raleigh.  The racing team's Billy Unger took an age group podium spot finishing 3rd in the 50-54 age group with a time of 22:06.  Great job!

Weekend Race Updates (Feb 9 and 10, 2013)

Dawn Johnson White competed in the Krispy Kreme Challenge.  Dawn completed it in 52:01.  She ate the doughnuts in under 12 minutes and did not get sick!

Ronnie Jones also completed the challenge in under and hour and did not get sick either.

Other Capital RunWalk members that competed in the challenge were Paul and Debbie Atkinson, Wendy Harper, Erin Robbings, Jackie Okoth, Candace, Hal, Ed Levy, and Alli Hildenbrandt.

Great job group!

If I left anyone out please let me know in the comments or email me at bluedevilrunner3@gmail.com.  If anyone else raced this weekend send in your results to Brad or myself and we will post them.

Race Win ALERT

While Bobby Mack was racing in a Team Reebok singlet at the USATF Cross Country Championships in St. Louis (or thereabouts), our very own Tyler Pake won the Cocoa 5k in Morehead City on Saturday, besting the field with a swift sub 18 minute clocking.  See his post @ Tyler Pake Running.

Congrats!

Local and far away results

Dawn got the racing started off right this year.  She headed down to Orlando and ran the "Dopey Challenge" at Disney with a 5k Friday evening, a half marathon on Saturday, then a full marathon on Sunday!  Man, that's a lot of bling!

Next, (and I totally stole this picture from facebook) Joey set a new 50 mile PR, racing out in Las Vegas.  I hear he even won a few bucks!

Locally, there were a handful of us running 3.1 miles at the Run for Young on Sunday afternoon in downtown.  The weather was warm (for January), but a great time was had by all, even if some of us didn't have good times at all.

Another great weekend coming up with the Little River Trail Run on Saturday in Durham!

New Year

The time around the New Year is one of my favorites.  Each new year reminds us to think big, dream, and set our sights on something bigger or different.  A lot of people use this as a means of renewal in their efforts to increase their physical health, plan grand adventures, end bad habits, begin good habits.  There's something about the idea of renewal, or a second chance, that makes me happy.

So, what about you?  What are your goals and resolutions?  Do you want to run a marathon this year?  Run a half-marathon?  Set a PR?  Pay off debt?  Quit a bad habit?  Become a morning runner?  Run more miles than ever before?  Read more books?  Meet new people?  Travel to a new place?


I hope each and every one of you has taken the opportunity, over the last few weeks, to think about the possibilities that the new year brings and has charted your course accordingly.  Further, I hope you continue to pursue your goals and stick to your resolutions throughout 2013 and make it the best year yet!