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Getting Ready
Race Start: 8:04:21 . Conditions: 52F Cloudy
We had perfect running conditions for our March races. The temperature was a brisk 52 degrees with cloud cover and light winds. A group of about ten runners were within 20 yards of each other for the first mile and a half. At the 5K turnaround most of them continued straight ahead for the 10K race. Thirteen year-old Peter Lin had a step on James Royal in the 5K at the turnaround. James' plan was to stay close and attempt to outkick Peter over the last quarter mile. Little did he know, Peter's plan was to push the pace just enough to let the older guy huff and puff and believe he had a chance, i.e. toy with the old man. Peter had no problem maintaining his lead across the finish line. A quick check of the Pacers easy-to-navigate online results shows Peter as the youngest overall male winner of a Pacers race. It's great to see our young runners do so well. Peter s time of 19:12 translates into an impressive 87.7 age-adjusted Pacer score.
Maria Moore was the overall female winner. She proves you can volunteer before a race and still be ready to run an excellent time and win an overall trophy. Our outgoing president, Jerry Powell, put his extra hour of sleep to great use. Jerry won the Senior Male title in the 5K. Terry Gonzalez and Carol Lindenblatt won the Female Masters and Female Senior titles, respectively. We also want to recognize Carol Johnson. She came to her first Pacers race, became a member and won first place in her age group. Welcome to the club, Carol. You will enjoy getting to know a great community of runners. Other New Members
As we said earlier, the 10K was quite competitive. Seven runners were within steps of each other at the 1.6 mile mark. Fifteen year-old Jonathan Wyatt of Flower Mound led a group of Masters and almost Masters runners. He kept his lead the whole way to win in an impressive time of 37:47. Dan Clubb was just 12 seconds behind. Rick Reitman took the Masters title with a time of 38:23. This after losing his key at the start and having to go back to look for it. Three other runners broke 40 minutes with another just missing the mark. Jonathan s sister, Allie, took the women's title with a time of 43:49 which was 12th overall. Our hunch is this is the first time a brother-sister duo took overall titles in the same race. Congrats to the Wyatts! Mike Fields, one of the best Senior runners (55+) in north Texas was 8th overall and the first senior with an impressive time of 42:55. Renee Mitchell was Female Masters winner and Carol Creech won the Female Senior title.
Thanks to all our volunteers who made the race go so smoothly. In fact, 5K awards were completed by 9:10 A.M. and 10K awards were completed shortly after the Kids K. Be sure to check the website the week or so before the race and click on Volunteer Signup. It is a fast, convenient and helpful way for you to do your part in facilitating great races. We appreciate all our volunteers. A special thanks to the Plano Senior High students who volunteered again. You are awesome and really help our races run smoothly! Don t forget our Prediction Run on Tuesday, April 8 and our Spring Scamper 3K and 8K on Saturday, April 26. Bring a friend!
Most of the pictures below was taken by first-time volunteer Guru Mathur, before and after running the 10K.
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