Earth Day Half Marathon Results

The SCSU Earth Day Half Marathon with a bang on Saturday morning. Rain was in the forcast but we didn't get a single drop. I ended up taking 2nd overall with a time of 1:13.38 and my once teammate, and longtime friend John Heitzman won the race in 1:13.08. John and I are shoulder to shoulder in the picture above on the far left on the the starting line. Here is a link to the St. Cloud Times news article about the race and a brief interview with John and myself.

http://www.sctimes.com/sports/2014/04/19/heitzman-holt-win-earth-day-half-marathon/7906283/

John and I went to the Unversity of Wisconsin La Crosse where we won the NCAA Mens Division III National Team Champioship in Cross Country in 2005.  It was a totally, amazing, adventure.  Since then John and I meet up once or twice a year at the same races.  Typically Grandmas Marathon in Duluth or the Twin Cities Marathon.  John runs 7 days a week and about 115 miles per week for the past 3 months, training for this years Grandmas Marathon. I run about 3 maybe 4 days a week and my total milage is around 35 miles per week.

My last 2 miles in the race went quick, I ran a 5:14 and then a 5:11. So it was good honest effort and great early season race.

Up next a family trip to sunny Florida! More on that later.