igette Schutzman Festival of Miles(photo of brigette on the left with her slu teammates)
what a really neat event. big river running and st. louis university put on this event in honor of brigette, who was a slu cross country/track runner that was in a horrific car accident on new year's eve. You can read more in the post-dispatch article or on big river's site. the event was set up to raise money for the family's medical bills. it began with a touching speech from ben, then brigette came up and spoke. there was not a dry eye in the stadium. then she took a walk of about 25 meters completely unassisted. the crowd went nuts! then the races began with a junior high boys mile, junior high girls mile, high school wheelchair mile, womens mile, masters mens mile and an elite mens mile.
i got suckered into running the womens mile. this is the first time i have ever run a true mile (in high school i ran 1600 meters, in college i ran 1500 meters -- the later typically referred to as the 'metric mile'), so with that said, i was certain to pr! anyway, maureen and julie took off (they are much faster and in better shape) and i went with jess (who was pacing to run 5:40) and eliza. i hung on until the start of the third lap. they started to distance me a little and i was afraid the others were gaining on me. the back stretch was very windy so there was a lot of expended energy. i hung on and managed to run 5:48. not too bad considering the fact that i did nothing to prepare for it!
the men's elite mile was pretty cool too (see photo of neville miller winning on the right). they had hoped for a sub-4 mile attempt, but the conditions were cold (low 40s) and really windy (gusts up to 18mph). the race was still really exciting and very close at the end.
big river will have video up soon of all the races, so look for that if you're interested.
run: 6.5 miles total, 2.5 warm-up, one mile race: 5:48, 3 mile cool down
shoes: mizuno wave rider (331), raced in my fila corsa sette's
week-to-date: 6.5
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