So our Rag Tag Team was at it again doing the Bay on Sunday. Looking at how many run this it’s the biggest race of the year for this group. Like no other race in the year this race really gels our group and as Brian said it’s all about the friends.
A great race with a distance that separates the shorter distance guys from the longer. If you commit to the Bay it probably means you have a marathon or ultra trail run in your future somewhere. Same cannot always be said about running a Half M.
Always fun trying to decide what to wear for the Bay and this year was not a disappointment. Probably In the end most of us wish we had dressed down more. While I’m sure the old route will be prefered by most , I didn’t
hear anyone complaining at the 25km that they didn’t have to run up the valley hill. The wind was certainly there and no doubt lots of drafting going on but couldn’t have asked for a better sunny day. As always was great to see everyone at the Gown and Gavel (thanks to Lamb for organizing).
A few PB’s and big runs yesterday. Here are the times. Sorry if I’ve missed people. This is a HUGE GROUP to keep track of:
Tyler 1.46.44 (28th out of 7277!!! Must have been the shoes…)
Brett 2.03.38
Darren 2.07.39
AL 2.07.57
Ron 2.12.21
David 2.16.01
Patrick 2.17.02
Peter Rabbit 2.20.00
Scott 2.23.20
Adrian 2.23.28
Helene 2.29.03
Brian 2.31.20
Mark P 2.31.37
Kirsti 2.33.03
Rob 2.33.48
Lamb 2.34.02
Mary St. J 2.34.41
Clara 2.37.06
Fanny 2.47.26
And the rest who were either on injury recovery, had “issues” or just using the Bay as a training run to increase mileage.
Carla (just had a baby 5 months ago!), Mike, Andy, Eileen L, Mark L, Joanne, Patty, Branko, Duane, Al S.
Scott Mackinnon, Hugh, Rick and Alex didn’t run but I’m pretty sure one of them was the Grim Reaper. (or the Grim’s wife). Nice to see “We Will Rock You” wheel chair guy (Stan) made it up the hill to take High Fives after his back surgery. Didn’t see BIG HAND BAREFOOT GUY cheering this year but I’m sure he was out there. (editor’s note: he was!)
Brett
A big shout out to our buddies from Connor’s Runner’s too, who were all over the race in orange! (including double agents like: me, Joanne and Helene!)
Rob