As promised I did attend and compete in last Saturday’s Oak Ridge 5K run. Altogether there were 138 runners and I was not the winner (what a surprise…not). The first place finisher in the men’s division was Mike Miroux from Spring Valley with a time of 17:08. That’s averaging a mile every 5:31 minutes. Thats “picken em up and puttin em down” quickly! Kelly Dzierzynski from Cherry was the fastest woman at 22:04 or 7:07 per mile pace. All the results are available at www.starvedrockrunners.org for those interested.
I was just a bit back of the winners and finished in 66th place overall with a time of 27:24 or a pace of 8:49 per mile.
The course was quite demanding in that it was run entirely on the cart paths of Oak Ridge golf course and the terrain was hilly to say the least. The temps were in the 70′s but I didn’t notice much of a breeze as I toured the track.
I want to thank the Starved Rock Runners Association for putting together a unique 5K and the great (as always)accommodations they offer the runners of their races. Thanks also to the Senica family for hosting the fun event.
I hope to see more city officials take the challenge next year , after all what politician doesn’t like a good race!
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